NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Tuesday, July 9 (Contest #394)
Today’s Connections are a bit harder than yesterday’s, which makes it very tricky indeed. But don’t panic – I have some hints for you 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 #394) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- SCRUB
- MAZE
- REGISTER
- SHOCK
- PIG
- LOG
- MOP
- CHEER
- TANGLE
- GRASS
- FILE
- FUND
- FRIEND
- MANE
- CUTTER
- LOG
NYT Connections Today (Contest #394) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Pay attention to this
- Vegetable: Needs a good hairdresser
- Blue: Television class–ic-
- Purple: Go behind bushes
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 #394) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CHRONICLE
- GREEN: MESS OF HAIR
- BLUE: TV SHOWS MINUS “S”
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “HEDGE”
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #394) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #394, are…
- YELLOW: CHRONICLE DIARY, LOGBOOK, REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION
- GREEN: MESS OF HAIR MANE, MOP, SHOCK, TANGLES
- BLUE: TV SHOWS MINUS “S” CHEER, FRIEND, SCRUBBING, WEEDING
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “HEDGE” FUND, PIGS, MAZE, TRIMMER
- My score: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
I’ll say right away that I’m a HUGE fan of the blue group in today’s Connections. This is exactly the kind of challenge I’m looking for – it requires lateral thinking again, plus a bit of general knowledge, and is very satisfying to solve. We’ve seen a few of these before, and hopefully we’ll see many more.
It was also a crucial solution for me, as I was completely stuck on the last two groups, after completing the two easier ones (yellow and green) without any problems. In hindsight, I should have seen the ‘hedge’ connection in the purple group, but for some reason it escaped me; the term HEDGE MAZE isn’t really a common one, so maybe that’s because I didn’t think to try it. Anyway, it didn’t matter in the end, because after much searching I realized that FRIEND, SCRUB, WEED, and CHEER could all have an S on the end to make four popular TV shows, and completed the puzzle.
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Answers from yesterday on NYT Connections (Monday, July 8, Contest #393)
- YELLOW: A LITTLE ADVICE HINT, SUGGESTION, TIP, TRICK
- GREEN: CONSTANTNESS GRIT, RESOLVE, SPIRIT, WILL
- BLUE: SPEND TIME ON FREQUENT, PURSUING, PROTECTING, VISITING
- PURPLE: WORDS ENDING WITH NUMBERS DOG, CARGO, OFTEN, OZONE
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.
