NYT Connections Today – Hints and Answers for Thursday, November 14 (Game #522)
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 #522) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- GRAIN
- DRYING
- TOTAL
- CUBE
- SYRUP
- CUTTING
- SIGNATURE
- JUICE
- JAM
- TAX
- POWDER
- STONE
- EMPTY
- GROOVE
- TIP
- EXHAUST
NYT Connections Today (Game #522) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Use up
- Vegetable: I’m really feeling this, man
- Blue: Service not included
- Purple: The sweetest
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 #522) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: EXPUSE
- GREEN: PLAY MUSIC WITH PASSION
- BLUE: WORDS ON A RESTAURANT RECEIPT
- PURPLE: FORMS OF SUGAR
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #522) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, game #522, are…
- YELLOW: EXPUSE DRAIN, EMPTY, EXHAUST, JUICE
- GREEN: PLAY MUSIC WITH PASSION GROOVE, JAM, ROCK, CHIPPING
- BLUE: WORDS ON A RESTAURANT RECEIPT SIGNATURE, TAX, TIP, TOTAL
- PURPLE: FORMS OF SUGAR CUBE, CORN, POWDER, SYRUP
- My rating: Simple
- My score: Perfect
This is probably one of the easiest Connections games we’ve had in a few weeks. The first few groups, yellow and green, were clear sets of synonyms, while blue was not much more difficult; it doesn’t take a genius to see that TAX, TIPS and TOTAL go together, and in that context SIGNATURE is an easy addition. Would I have gotten purple, SHAPES OF SUGAR, if it wasn’t standard? We’ll never know for sure, but I suspect that if the other three hadn’t been so simple, I could have at least put POWDER and GRAIN together and built from there. I’m not complaining of course – I’ve had a few failures lately, so I’ll take whatever win I get, even if it wasn’t a particularly challenging game.
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, November 13, game #521)
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW CANARY, LEMON, MINION, MUSTARD
- GREEN: CONSTRUCTION ADVICE SUPPLEMENT, ANNEX, EXTENSION, WING
- BLUE: GET A DENTIST CALCULUS, CAVITY, PLAQUE, TARTARE
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT SEEM LONGER WRITTEN THAN SPOKEN COLONEL, PHARAOH, WEDNESDAY, WORCESTERSHIRE
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 slightly harder, blue is often quite hard, and purple is usually very hard.
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.
