A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, March 1 (game #629).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #630) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- WIN
- SHOE
- SHAKE
- WEST
- VIBRATE
- LOSE
- HAM
- DRAW
- HEART
- AIRPLANE
- TUNGSTEN
- DODGE
- DO NOT DISTURB
- WATT
- ESCAPE
- RING
NYT Connections today (game #630) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Settings
- GREEN: Ways to get away from someone
- BLUE: 23rd letter of the alphabet
- PURPLE: Add a ropey word that rhymes with “thing”
Need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #630) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CELLPHONE MODES
- GREEN: EVADE
- BLUE: WHAT "W" MIGHT STAND FOR
- PURPLE: ___STRING
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #630) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #630, are…
- YELLOW: CELLPHONE MODES AIRPLANE, DO NOT DISTURB, RING, VIBRATE
- GREEN: EVADE DODGE, ESCAPE, LOSE, SHAKE
- BLUE: WHAT "W" MIGHT STAND FOR TUNGSTEN, WATT, WEST, WIN
- PURPLE: ___STRING DRAW, HAM, HEART, SHOE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
I can’t help but think that today’s puzzle was the work of someone who follows the machinations of the English Premier League, considering how it contained the words WEST and HAM beside the word LOSE (West Ham United are a London football club having a fairly indifferent season).
The EVADE group came together quickly but it was just guesswork that got me ___STRING after initially thinking I was looking for objects from Dr Seuss stories (HAM in Green Eggs & Ham, SHOE in Wacky Wednesday).
Meanwhile, my lack of knowledge of the periodic table meant that WHAT “W” MIGHT STAND FOR was a mystery until Google helped me out with my confusion – W being the symbol for TUNGSTEN, as it is also known as Wolfram in many countries.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 1 March, game #629)
- YELLOW: ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD LUCK HORSESHOE, LADYBUG, PENNY, SHAMROCK
- GREEN: TO-BO- COMPOUND WORDS TOLLBOOTH, TOMBOY, TOOLBOX, TOWBOAT
- BLUE: BROADWAY MUSICALS, FAMILIARLY FIDDLER, MERRILY, PHANTOM, SUNSET
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "COWBOY" IN FILM AND MUSIC DRUGSTORE, MIDNIGHT, RHINESTONE, SPACE
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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