NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Monday, September 16 (Contest #463)
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 #463) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- CACTUS
- BOTTLE
- MUSHROOM
- CHEESE
- SUPREME
- GRADUATED
- HEDGEHOG
- PINEAPPLE
- CORN
- SALARY
- PAP
- FIRST NAME
- HEAD
- FACE
- PREMIERE
- MUSHROOM
NYT Connections Today (Contest #463) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: The most important thing
- Vegetables: Has pointy pieces
- Blue: Will make your eyes cry out
- Purple: Do they all have a top?
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 #463) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FRONT
- GREEN: SPICKY THINGS
- BLUE: EXCESSIVELY SENTIMENTAL WORK
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE COVERED
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #463) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #463, are…
- YELLOW: FRONT HEAD, PRIME MINISTER, HEAD, SUPREME
- GREEN: SPICKY THINGS CACTUS, HEDGEHOG, MACE, PINEAPPLE
- BLUE: EXCESSIVELY SENTIMENTAL WORK CHEESE, CORN, PERFUME, PORRIDGE
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE COVERED BOTTLE, GRADUATE, MUSHROOM, SALARY
- My rating: Simple
- My score: Perfect
I’m a big fan of two of today’s Connections groups. I like green, STICKY THINGS, partly because HEDGEHOGS are just awesome, right? But also because I like the idea of a hedgehog being in a group with a MACE, a CACTUS, and a PINEAPPLE. It amuses me for some reason.
Meanwhile, purple – which I haven’t solved other than by default – is a clever one, challenging players to figure out that these are all THINGS THAT ARE CAPTIVE. I’m glad I didn’t have to figure that out myself.
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Answers from yesterday on NYT Connections (Sunday, September 15, Contest #462)
- YELLOW: RESIDENCES LIVING, RESIDENCE, LIFE, STAY
- GREEN: DECREASE DECREASE, REDUCTION, DECREASE, RETURN
- BLUE: DOOFUS CLOWN, NERD, SAP, TURKEY
- PURPLE: MEMBER OF A SEPTET DWARF, SEA, SIN, MIRACLE
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.
