NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Saturday, July 20 (Contest #405)
It’s the weekend! And that means you have another chance to solve a weekend Connections puzzle: they’re the same as the weekday Connections puzzles, but on the weekend. Yay! Read on for my hints and commentary on today’s game.
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 #405) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- NATURALLY
- SWEAT
- SOFT DRINK
- WORK
- JUICE
- MAIN STREAM
- PA
- LIQUID
- ERUPTION
- ATTACK
- BATTERY
- SOFT
- WORK
- CURRENT
- GRACEFUL
- ATTEMPT
NYT Connections Today (Contest #405) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: No problem
- Vegetable: Put your back into it
- Blue: Essential for an electronic device
- Purple: Synonyms for a specific three-letter palindrome 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 #405) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: EFFORTLESS
- GREEN: EFFORT
- BLUE: ENERGY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
- PURPLE: WHAT “POP” MIGHT MEAN
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #405) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, game #405, are…
- YELLOW: EFFORTLESS LIQUID, GRACEFUL, NATURAL, SMOOTH
- GREEN: EFFORT EFFORT, LABOR, SWEAT, WORK
- BLUE: ENERGY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE BATTERY, CHARGE, JUICE, POWER
- PURPLE: WHAT “POP” MIGHT MEAN BURST, DAD, MAINSTREAM, SODA
- My score: Simple
- My score: Perfect
This was one of the easiest Connections puzzles I’ve played in a while. The whole thing only took me a few minutes, and I think I could have solved even the hardest purple group if I had to (I didn’t).
I didn’t solve them in order; the blue ‘energy’ group immediately caught my eye, followed by the green ‘effort’ and then the yellow ‘effortless’. All very simple.
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Answers from yesterday on NYT Connections (Friday, July 19, Contest #404)
- YELLOW: ROMANTIC PARTNER FLAME, LOVER, STANDARD, LOVE
- GREEN: INSULT BURN, DIG, STAKE, LIGHT
- BLUE: GASOLINE PUMP OPTIONS DIESEL, PLUS, PREMIUM, REGULAR
- PURPLE: ___ TABLE COFFEE, PERIODIC, POOL, WATER
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.
