NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Sunday, July 21 (Contest #406)
Here’s your Sunday Connections puzzle from the NYT. It’s tough, as always, but not as tricky as some of the others – and I’ve got hints for you below if you need them.
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 #406) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- THINK
- LEVEL
- TANNING
- STUB
- LOG
- STRUCTURE
- SAW
- FILE
- DUST
- CLAMP
- RECRUIT
- MOD
- TO ORGANIZE
- CAMPAIGN
- MAX
- COMPOUND
NYT Connections Today (Contest #406) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Political aid
- Vegetable: Is made from
- Blue: Woodworking stuff
- Purple: On a calculator?
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 #406) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WAYS TO SUPPORT A CANDIDATE
- GREEN: CONSTITUTION
- BLUE: CARPENTRY TOOLS
- PURPLE: MATHEMATICAL ABBREVIATIONS
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #406) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #406, are…
- YELLOW: WAYS TO SUPPORT A CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN, CANVASING, ORGANIZING, STUMPING
- GREEN: CONSTITUTION COMPOSITION, SUBSTANCE, COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE
- BLUE: CARPENTRY TOOLS CLAMP, FILE, LEVEL, SAW
- PURPLE: MATHEMATICAL ABBREVIATIONS LOG, MAX, MOD, BROWN
- My score: Moderate
- My score: 2 mistakes
I made a few guesses today on the blue ‘CARPENTRY’ group, mistakenly thinking that LOG or TAN might be connected. No, I don’t know why; CLAMP, FILE, LEVEL and SAW make much more sense. But that aside, today’s Connections weren’t that bad. After making those mistakes I looked elsewhere for a while and solved the green and yellow groups, which were both not that tricky, and with the options reduced I was able to complete blue and not have to worry about purple.
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Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, July 20, Contest #405)
- 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
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.
