NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Tuesday, September 10 (Contest #457)
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 #457) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- STARS
- STRIPES
- HAND
- DELIVER
- SORTS
- DECK OF CARD
- THUMBS UP
- MONARCHY
- PASSAGE
- TYPES
- NHL
- AF
- PERCENTAGE
- ROOFS
- GIVE
- SPECIES
NYT Connections Today (Contest #457) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Things of a certain quality
- Vegetables: Moving to another person
- Blue: Ways of arranging
- Purple: They have a royal aspect
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 #457) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TYPES
- GREEN: TRANSFER
- BLUE: RATING SYSTEMS
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH KINGS
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #457) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #457, are…
- YELLOW: TYPES TYPES, TYPES, STRIPES, TYPES
- GREEN: TRANSFER DELIVER, GIVE, TRADE, PASS ON
- BLUE: RATING SYSTEMS OFF, PERCENTAGE, STARS, THUMBS
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH KINGS CHECKERS, CARD GAME, MONARCHY, NHL
- My rating: Simple
- My score: Perfect
It’s been a long time since I found a Connections puzzle as easy as this one. All four are straightforward collections of things/words, with no complicated ’empty’ types, let alone any real brain teasers. It was simply a matter of solving them one by one, making the process easier each time as more solutions were eliminated.
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Answers from yesterday on NYT Connections (Monday, September 9, Contest #456)
- YELLOW: TURNING RED IN THE FACE BLUSHING, BURNING, FLUSHING, GLOWING
- GREEN: CONTINUOUS CONSECUTIVE, NON-STOP, SOLID, STRAIGHT
- BLUE: FLAVOUR RANGE FLIGHT, PLATTER, SAMPLER, TASTING
- PURPLE: SITCOMS BLOSSOM, COACH, COMMUNITY, FULL HOUSE
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.
