NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Friday, September 20 (Contest #467)
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 #467) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- CAT
- PERSON
- SOLO
- HAWK
- CHEWY
- FIGURE
- INDIVIDUAL
- CORNER
- CHARACTER
- BOBA
- TO SUGGEST
- PARTY
- SUSPECT
- EMPEROR
- WASTE
- THINK
NYT Connections Today (Contest #467) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Suppose
- Vegetables: A human?
- Blue: The Force is with them (in some cases)
- Purple: Can go after a cat word
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 #467) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ASSUMING
- GREEN: SOMEONE
- BLUE: CHARACTERS IN “THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK”, CONFIDENTIAL
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “KITTY”
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #467) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #467, are…
- YELLOW: ASSUMING FIGURES, IMAGINE, SUSPECT, THINK
- GREEN: SOMEONE CHARACTER, INDIVIDUAL, PARTY, PERSON
- BLUE: CHARACTERS IN “THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK”, CONFIDENTIAL BOBA, CHEWY, EMPEROR, SOLO
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “KITTY” CAT, CORNER, HAWK, STRAY
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 mistakes
There’s a distinct Star Wars theme to some of the words in today’s Connections, which as an 80s kid I of course love. SOLO, CHEWY, BOBA, and EMPEROR are all in there, but unfortunately the NYT couldn’t find a way to squeeze MILLENNIUM FALCON in there (although HAWK, a Star Wars character, is in there). HAWK wasn’t part of the Star Wars group, but the other four were, and formed the blue CHARACTERS IN “THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK,” FAMILIARLY connection. The NYT loves these kinds of groupings, and recently gave us a JURASSIC PARK connection as well.
With that easy blue checked, I was on my way to another success – that’s 14 in a row – but I made things difficult for myself by getting caught up in the yellow PRESUME and green SOMEBODY groups. FIGURE seemed to fit with CHARACTER, PERSON, and INDIVIDUAL, but it didn’t, so I swapped CHARACTER for SUSPECT instead, but that was a mistake too. Eventually I realized my mistake and put PARTY in the green group, which allowed me to solve both that and yellow and not have to worry about purple.
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Yesterday’s Answers to NYT Connections (Thursday, September 19, Contest #466)
- YELLOW: PREFIX MEANS “WELL” EXTRA, HYPER, OVER, SUPER
- GREEN: TYPES OF PARTIES BIRTHDAY, COCKTAIL, DINNER, SURPRISE
- BLUE: PBS PROGRAMS FRONTLINE, MASTERPIECE, NATURE, NOVA
- PURPLE: PLACES IN FRANCE ANGERS, CHAMPAGNE, NICE, REUNION
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.
