NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Saturday, July 13 (Contest #398)
Your weekend starts here, with Connections from the NYT. I played a better game today than I did yesterday – but if you’re struggling, check out my hints.
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 #398) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- LISTEN
- SOUND
- WITCH
- TITANIC
- AVATAR
- HUGE
- WATCH
- RUSH
- SAMPLE
- FIGURE
- CASTLE
- TO APPEAR
- PERSONA
- CORPSES
- MAMMOTH
- CHARACTER
NYT Connections Today (Contest #398) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Bigger than that. Even bigger than That
- Vegetable: As a person, but not
- Blue: I think that’s it
- Purple: Missing letter?
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 #398) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HUGE
- GREEN: EMBODIMENT
- BLUE: COMES ACROSS AS
- PURPLE: SILENT “T”
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #398) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #398, are…
- YELLOW: HUGE GIANTS, MAMMOTH, MONSTER, TITANIC
- GREEN: EMBODIMENT AVATAR, CHARACTER, FIGURE, PERSON
- BLUE: COMES ACROSS AS APPEAR, LOOK, SEEM, SOUND
- PURPLE: SILENT “T” CASTLE, PRESSURE, LISTEN, WITCH
- My score: Simple
- My score: Perfect
I really enjoyed this Connections game after yesterday’s trials. None of the groups were even remotely difficult, except for the last purple one, which I didn’t have to worry about because I had already solved the other three by then. I can safely admit that I wouldn’t have had a chance to solve it if I had to, though – those silent T’s would have given me away completely.
Luckily, it was a lot easier to group words like “huge” correctly, so I solved today’s puzzle without any errors.
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Answers from yesterday on NYT Connections (Friday, July 12, Contest #397)
- YELLOW: SCHOOL FACILITIES AUDITORIUM, GYM, LAB, LIBRARY
- GREEN: ROULETTE BETTING BLACK, EVEN, ODD, RED
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH “PIGEON” CHOCOLATE, PEACE, DOVE, SOAP
- PURPLE: ___ GOOSE GOLDEN, GREY, MOTHER, STUPID
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.
