NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Friday, September 13 (Contest #460)
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be tricky, so read on if you need some clues.
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 #460) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- BEETLE
- JUICE
- ENERGY
- LEVEL
- COW
- FUT
- FOCUS
- BEANS
- Postal Code
- JACK
- TO LIVE
- BASIC PRINCIPLE
- GIANT
- VOLT
- CIVIL
- REFERENCE
NYT Connections Today (Contest #460) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Dynamics
- Vegetables: Reads both ways
- Blue: In a specific fairy tale
- Purple: What do you drive?
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 #460) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: VITALITY
- GREEN: PALINDROMES WITH “E”
- BLUE: AS SEEN IN “JACK AND THE BOANSTALK”
- PURPLE: CAR MODELS
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #460) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #460, are…
- YELLOW: VITALITY ENERGY, JUICE, LIFE, ZIPPER
- GREEN: PALINDROMES WITH “E” LEVEL, PEP, REFER, TENET
- BLUE: AS SEEN IN “JACK AND THE BOANSTALK” BEANS, COW, GIANTS, JACK
- PURPLE: CAR MODELS BEETLE, CIVIC, FOCUS, VOLT
- My rating: Simple
- My score: Perfect
Is it just me or have Connections gotten a lot easier lately? I don’t feel like I’m doing anything different, but after multiple failures over a two-to-three week period, I’ve now beaten eight in a row. And today’s might be the easiest.
The only one I didn’t solve was green – PALINDROMES WITH “E”. I’m surprised it was the green group, because it’s harder than blue or purple, and they’re meant to be in difficulty. I imagine finding CAR MODELS (purple) might be tricky if you’re not a driver, but they’re generally all known. As for blue… is there anyone on the planet who wouldn’t see that the BEANS, COW, GIANT, and JACK belong together?
Not that I’m complaining – it’s nice to feel like I’m good at this game!
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Yesterday’s Answers to NYT Connections (Thursday, September 12, Contest #459)
- YELLOW: MARK ONLINE FOR LATER BOOKMARK, FAVORITE, LIKE, SAVE
- GREEN: ON BEHALF OF BENEFIT, BENEFIT, IMPORTANCE, IMPORTANCE
- BLUE: NBA LEGENDS, FAMILIAR BIRD, CURRY, KOBE, MAGIC
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH GREEK LETTERS BIOTA, FETA, MOCHI, PEPSI
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.
