NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Thursday, September 19 (Contest #466)
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 some clues.
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 #466) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- CHAMPAGNE
- SUPER
- NEW
- MEETING
- BIRTHDAY
- NATURE
- NICE
- COCKTAIL
- ANGER
- EXTRA
- SURPRISE
- MASTERPIECE
- HYPER
- FRONTLINE
- ABOUT
- DINNER
NYT Connections Today (Contest #466) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Exaggerated beginning
- Vegetables: Party type
- Blue: TV shows
- Purple: Gallic locations
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 #466) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PREFIX MEANS “WELL”
- GREEN: TYPES OF PARTIES
- BLUE: PBS PROGRAMS
- PURPLE: PLACES IN FRANCE
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #466) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #466, are…
- YELLOW: PREFIX MEANS “WELL” EXTRA, HYPER, OVER, SUPER
- GREEN: TYPES OF PARTIES BIRTHDAY, COCKTAIL, DINNER, SURPRISE
- BLUE: PBS PROGRAMS FRONTLINE, MASTERPIECE, NATURE, NOVA
- PURPLE: PLACES IN FRANCE ANGERS, CHAMPAGNE, NICE, REUNION
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
Today’s Connections really got my brain working – which I think is the point. Green – TYPES OF PARTY – wasn’t hard, with BIRTHDAY, COCKTAIL, DINNER and SURPRISE standing out, but I found yellow and blue harder. The problem was largely one of misdirection, with NOVA and SUPER and HYPER all sounding like they might go together, but in the end I went with the PREFIX MEANING “VERY” angle and solved yellow.
That left blue and purple, and here I was stuck. Maybe I would have had a better chance with PBS SHOWS if I had watched American TV, but I live in the UK and don’t really know shows like MASTERPIECE and FRONTLINE. My attention was instead focused on ANGERS – a strange word for Connections, and one that didn’t seem to fit anywhere else. But the word NICE kept nagging at me, and I knew that CHAMPAGNE is also a French place, so I merged them with REUNION and ANGERS and dissolved purple.
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Yesterday’s Answers to NYT Connections (Wednesday, September 18, Contest #465)
- YELLOW: ASSEMBLY PLACE OUTSIDE A RESIDENTIAL AREA DECK, VERANDA, SIDEWALK, GARDEN
- GREEN: LATEST NEWS DISH, DOPE, INFO, SCOOP
- BLUE: TYPES OF RINSES BLOOPER, DEMO, HIGHLIGHT, SIZZLE
- PURPLE: DRAWING PHOTOS OF DOGS MINUS “Y” DROOP, GOOF, BOY, SNOOP
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.
