NYT Connections Today – Hints and Answers for Saturday, October 12 (Game #489)
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 pointers.
What should you do when you’re done? Of course, play some word games. 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 WARNING: Information about today’s NYT Connections is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Game #489) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- GUM
- SWALLOW
- GOBBEL
- CHAIR
- COO
- ENGINE
- SHAWL
- TO TAKE
- APP
- TOUR
- SHELVING
- HOOT
- WRAP
- BEAR
- SAM
- SHAWL
NYT Connections Today (Game #489) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Neck wear
- Vegetable: Stop it
- Blue: Clock clock
- Purple: SON is another
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #489) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DAPED ACCESSORIES
- GREEN: TOLERATE
- BLUE: BIRDONOMATOPOEIA
- PURPLE: BEGINNING OF MOBILE PHONE MAKING
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #489) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, game #489, are…
- YELLOW: DAPED ACCESSORIES SCARF, SCARF, STOLE, WRAP
- GREEN: TOLERATE CARRY, STAND, SWALLOW, TAKE
- BLUE: BIRDONOMATOPOEIA COO, GOBBLE, TOTER, ALLOW
- PURPLE: BEGINNING OF MOBILE PHONE MAKING APP, GOO, ENGINE, SAM
- My rating: Simple
- My score: Perfect
Another simple Connection Puzzle today, folks. The frustrating thing for me is that the one I didn’t get was the one I absolutely should have gotten. That was the purple START OF CELL PHONE MAKERS group, and since I’m a technology journalist in my spare time (when I’m not writing puzzle columns), I really should have seen APP(LE), SAM(SUNG), GOO(GLE), and ENGINE(OLA).
Still, I got the other three, of which BIRD ONOMATOPOEIA (blue) was a nice one, the other two fairly standard. Move on, there’s not much to see here.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, October 11, game #488)
- YELLOW: NURSING ENJOY, ENJOY, TREASURE, VALUE
- GREEN: QUICK JUMP INTO THE POOL DIP, DIVE, SPLASH, SWIM
- BLUE: EXTRA BENEFIT BONUS, EXTRA, icing, gravy
- PURPLE: rashness BRASS, CHEEK, NERVE, SAUCE
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of the New York Times’ increasingly popular word games. It challenges you to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is often quite tough, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t have to solve the last question, because you can answer it by a process of elimination. Plus, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you some breathing room.
It’s a bit more complicated than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, beware of homophones and other word games that can obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
