NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Monday, September 9 (Contest #456)
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 #456) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- COACH
- TO RINSE
- NONSTOP
- FLIGHT
- STRONG
- DISH
- FULL HOUSE
- GLOW
- BURN
- DIRECT
- SAMPLE COLLECTOR
- BLOSSOM
- COMMUNITY
- SAMPLES
- CONSEQUENTIAL
- BLUSHING
NYT Connections Today (Contest #456) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Change of facial color
- Vegetables: Keep going without a break
- Blue: Menus
- Purple: Funny situations
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 #456) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TURNING RED IN THE FACE
- GREEN: CONTINUOUS
- BLUE: FLAVOUR RANGE
- PURPLE: SITCOMS
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #456) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #456, are…
- YELLOW: TURNING RED IN THE FACE BLUSHING, BURNING, FLUSHING, GLOWING
- GREEN: CONTINUOUS CONSECUTIVE, NON-STOP, SOLID, STRAIGHT
- BLUE: FLAVOUR RANGE FLIGHT, PLATTER, SAMPLER, TASTING
- PURPLE: SITCOMS BLOSSOM, COACH, COMMUNITY, FULL HOUSE
- My rating: Simple
- My score: 1 error
Luck is always a factor in Connections, because unless you’re incredibly good at reading, you’re unlikely to know every answer in every category all the time. For example, today I saw that PLATTER, SAMPLER, and TASTING were all types of menus, but I had no idea what the fourth one was. But looking at the remaining possibilities, I went on a hunch for FLIGHT and that turned out to be correct, giving me the blue FLAVOR ASSORTMENT group. I have no idea what “FLIGHT” refers to here, but it didn’t matter – because I got it right anyway.
My task was made easier, admittedly, by the fact that yellow (GET RED IN THE FACE) and purple (SITCOMS) were both pretty easy today. In retrospect, green (CONTINUOUS) was too, but sometimes these things are only clear in hindsight.
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Answers from yesterday on NYT Connections (Sunday, September 8, Contest #455)
- YELLOW: VERBS IN A CAKE RECIPE BAKING, WHIPPING, DEFROSTING, PREHEATING
- GREEN: WHAT A HEART DOES WHEN IT’S EXCITED POND, PUMP, RACE, STORM
- BLUE: CHURCH TITLES BISHOP, PASTOR, POPE, PRIOR
- PURPLE: ___ BOYS BAD, BEACH, HARDY, PET STORE
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.
