NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Tuesday, July 16 (Contest #401)
Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is also a tricky one. How tough? Well, you’ll have to play it to find out. But if you find yourself stuck, feel free to take advantage of my handy tips below.
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 #401) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- PAN
- PILOT
- SHORT
- RABBIT
- CROTCH
- PARKER
- CHILDLY
- PROCESS
- PIPER
- VIOLET
- CRAZY
- EXPLORATORY
- CHEERFUL
- NORS
- PREMATURE
- JERSEY
NYT Connections Today (Contest #401) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Not happy!
- Vegetable: Try something
- Blue: Singing and dance openers
- Purple: Name empty
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 #401) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: IN A BAD MOOD
- GREEN: EXPERIMENTAL
- BLUE: THE BEGINNING OF BROADWAY MUSICALS
- PURPLE: PETER ___
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #401) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #401 are…
- YELLOW: IN A BAD MOOD CRUCIFIED, SHORT, ANGRY, HURT
- GREEN: EXPERIMENTAL EXPLORATORY, PILOT, PRELIMINARY, TRIAL
- BLUE: THE BEGINNING OF BROADWAY MUSICALS FIDDLER, JERSEY, KINKY, CHEERFUL
- PURPLE: PETER ___ PAN, PARKER, PIPER, RABBIT
- My score: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
I was a little fixated on the Y-ending words today, because I expected some of them to go together, but I couldn’t find a connection. It turns out that three of them did form a group – unfortunately, that group was “Broadway musicals,” which is about the least likely connection I’ll ever find. Really, I’d be (much) more likely to find a connection involving particle physics than this.
Anyway, that was the blue group, and that became the group I had to solve by default. It took me a while to get going, but once I figured out that EXPLORATORY, PILOT, PRELIMINARY, and TRIAL all meant the same thing, I was on my way. Then I spotted the purple group of ‘Peter something’, leaving just the SHORT, CROSS, SURLY, and TESTY yellow group to finish with.
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Yesterday’s Answers to NYT Connections (Monday, July 15, Contest #400)
- YELLOW: CONSIDER AS TRUE ACCEPT, BELIEVE, BUY, TRUST
- GREEN: FACADE BLUFF, FRONT, SHAME, SHOW
- BLUE: WAYS TO SECURE A TV BASE, BRACKET, MOUNTING, STANDARD
- PURPLE: BOTTLE SIZES OF BEVERAGE BOTTLES FIFTH, HANDLE, LITRE, PINT
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.
