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 #609) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SUPER
- BOWL
- PARTY
- PERSON
- JUMBO
- TRON
- ALIEN
- MONSTER
- DUNE
- SPOON
- GIANT
- CHARACTER
- INDIVIDUAL
- POT
- AVATAR
- LADLE
NYT Connections today (game #609) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Very large
- GREEN: Broth essentials
- BLUE: independent human
- PURPLE: Big screen titles
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 #609) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MASSIVE
- GREEN: USED WHEN SERVING SOUP
- BLUE: SOMEBODY
- PURPLE: SCI-FI FRANCHISES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #609) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #609, are…
- YELLOW: MASSIVE GIANT, JUMBO, MONSTER, SUPER
- GREEN: USED WHEN SERVING SOUP BOWL, LADLE, POT, SPOON
- BLUE: SOMEBODY CHARACTER, INDIVIDUAL, PARTY, PERSON
- PURPLE: SCI-FI FRANCHISES ALIEN, AVATAR, DUNE, TRON
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Inevitably, the NYT put some timely misdirection into today’s game, including SUPER BOWL PARTY as the first three words in the initial grid. But was there a Super Bowl-themed group? No, there was not. That would be far too simple.
As it happens, I whizzed through today’s puzzle anyway, and was shocked to get the purple group first, thinking initially that the four SCI-FI FRANCHISES must be some kind of cunning trap. Not entirely sure you can call TRON a franchise, but I’ll set that debate aside.
For MASSIVE, I thought I was looking for description of the enormous screens they have at some NFL arenas – like the whopping 50-yard wide JUMBO at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium.
Thank you, Connections, for making me feel clever.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 8 February, game #608)
- YELLOW: INFO ON A BASEBALL CARD BIO, PLAYER, STAT, TEAM
- GREEN: SCRUNCH, AS FABRIC BUNCH, GATHER, PUCKER, RUFFLE
- BLUE: TIME ADVERBS LATER, NOW, SOON, THEN
- PURPLE: — FOOD FAST, FINGER, JUNK, SOUL
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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