NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Monday, July 29 (Contest #414)
Today’s Connections puzzle is a little easier than the previous two, but that’s not saying much; it’s still hard, that’s for sure. There are 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 #414) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- DITCH
- WHALE
- BACK
- DOME
- FISH
- DISH
- JUSTICE
- ALLEY
- SOLFÉGÉ
- COURT
- FOUNTAIN
- ROADWAY
- COLISEUM
- SCALE
- DRIVING FORCE
- ARENA
NYT Connections Today (Contest #414) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Sports venues
- Vegetable: Additions to area names
- Blue: Reptiles have them
- Purple: Pour one out for this one
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 #414) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STADIUMS
- GREEN: STREET SUFFIXES
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH SCALE
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH SYRINGES
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #414) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #414, are…
- YELLOW: STADIUMS ARENA, BOWL, COLOSEUM, DOME
- GREEN: STREET SUFFIXES ALLEY, LANE, DRIVEWAY, ROADWAY
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH SCALE FISH, JUSTICE, LIBRA, SOLFEGE
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH SYRINGES FOUNTAIN, GUTTER, TEAPOT, WHALE
- My score: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
Watch out for a lot of classic deception in today’s Connections. The NYT threw in three possibilities for “bowling” – ALLEY, LANE, GUTTER – and three possibilities for something to do with the law (JUSTICE, COURT, LIBRA), but neither grouping were real answers, so you’ll need to use your wits to avoid failure.
I’m especially glad I found the “things with spouts” group, because it’s purple and I rarely solve this except by default. Instead, the default group for me was the blue “shells” connection, where I was somewhat hampered by the fact that I didn’t know the word SOLFEGE (it has something to do with music, apparently).
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Answers from yesterday on NYT Connections (Sunday, July 28, Contest #413)
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A BOOK COVER, COVER, PAGE, SPINE
- GREEN: CAT COAT PATTERNS CALICO, TABBY, TORTOISE, TUXEDO
- BLUE: NERVOUSNESS, IN THE SINGULAR BUTTERFLY, TEARS, NERVE, WILLY
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH VEGETABLES BEETHOVEN, CORNUCOPIA, KALEIDOSCOPE, PEACOCK
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.
