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 clues.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
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NYT Connections today (game #481) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- DROP
- DASH
- DAISY
- DREAM
- DING
- DOC
- DINNER
- DAB
- DALE
- DUE
- DIMPLE
- DELIVERY
- DENT
- DOLLOP
- DORY
- DIVOT
NYT Connections today (game #481) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Something you might get from a small car crash
- Green: Little bit
- Blue: From the House of Mouse
- Purple: Blank [word that can mean a calendar entry]
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 #481) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONCAVITY
- GREEN: SMALL AMOUNT
- BLUE: DISNEY CHARACTERS
- PURPLE: ___ DATE
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #481) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #481, are…
- YELLOW: CONCAVITY DENT, DIMPLE, DING, DIVOT
- GREEN: SMALL AMOUNT DAB, DASH, DOLLOP, DROP
- BLUE: DISNEY CHARACTERS DAISY, DALE, DOC, DORY
- PURPLE: ___ DATE DELIVERY, DINNER, DREAM, DUE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Today's Connections puzzle was a really simple one. Almost too simple, in fact – I had the whole thing done and dusted in about 5 minutes flat. I know, I know – I complain when they're too difficult and also when they're too easy. What can I say, I'm hard to please.
Anyway, I started here with the green group – SMALL AMOUNT – spotting that DAB, DASH, DOLLOP, DROP all mean roughly the same thing. Yellow was every bit as straightforward. As is usually the case, blue and purple required a little more thought, and to be honest I might not have solved purple if not by default; this was actually pretty tricky, because it was one of the NYT's favorite [blank] something answers, and these can be hard to solve. As it happens, I didn't need to – because blue was DISNEY CHARACTERS, and I've spent enough time watching classic cartoons that I spotted that connection after only a little thought.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, 3 October, game #480)
- YELLOW: BEVERAGES JUICE, MILK, PUNCH, SODA
- GREEN: CARE FOR A PLANT FERTILIZE, POT, PRUNE, WATER
- BLUE: ITEM SOLD IN PAIRS BOOKEND, EARBUD, SKI, SOCK
- PURPLE: BUGS PLUS STARTING LETTER BLOUSE, PANT, SMITE, STICK
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.
