NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Thursday, August 1 (Contest #417)
It’s the start of a new month, but the same old Connections we know and love. Today’s month is moderately heavy, so take advantage of my hints below if you need them.
What do you do when you’re done? Well, play some word games of course. I also have daily Wordle hints and answers , Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help with those too.
SPOILER ALERT: Below is information about today’s NYT Connections. So don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #417) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- TO THROW
- ROMANCE
- TUBE
- CLAW
- FORM
- CREW
- PITCH
- SWEAT
- TRIP
- MARKET
- AWESOME
- FICTION
- TO SELL
- HUMOUR
- SINGLE
- To throw
NYT Connections Today (Contest #417) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Tell the world
- Vegetable: A baseball player must do this
- Blue: Attentive readers will recognize this
- Purple: Blank [item of clothing]
Do you need more pointers?
We’re really getting into 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 #417) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PROMOTE
- GREEN: THROW
- BLUE: BOOKSTORE SECTIONS
- PURPLE: ___ SOCKS
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #417) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #417, are…
- YELLOW: PROMOTE HYPE, MARKET, PITCH, SELL
- GREEN: THROW THROW, THROW, Throw, Throw
- BLUE: BOOKSTORE SECTIONS FICTION, HUMOR, ROMANCE, TRAVEL
- PURPLE: ___ SOCKS ANKLE, CREW, SWEAT, TUBE
- My score: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
I’m not entirely sure why I had such a hard time solving the last two groups here, because the blue group “bookstore departments” was actually quite easy in retrospect. But I got stuck on genres of books, rather than thinking about “bookstore departments”, and decided that since ROMANCE and HUMOR are usually types of FICTION, the last word wouldn’t be included in the group.
As is often the case, I thought about it too much – which is a shame, because the game was going well up until that point. Fortunately, I eventually saw the [blank] sock group, so I could solve the book-related answer by default.
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Yesterday’s Answers to NYT Connections (Wednesday, July 31, Contest #416)
- YELLOW: RASIG MOUSTACHE, HEES, HEES, ROUGH
- GREEN FINGERS SMALL, MEDIUM, HAND, RING
- BLUE: ALE STYLES AMBER, PORTER, SOUR, STOUT
- PURPLE: FRENCH ___ BULLDOG, FRY, HORN, KISS
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games from the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a bit harder, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically have to solve the last question, because you can answer it by elimination. Plus, you can make a maximum of four mistakes, which gives you some breathing room.
It is a bit more complicated than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that can obscure the answers.
It is free to play via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
