NYT Connections Today – Hints and Answers for Wednesday, October 2 (Game #479)
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 #479) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- JOKER
- DIE
- OPPORTUNITY
- CASINO
- OCTOPUS
- LOCK MACHINE
- CUBE
- GAMBLING
- PLACE
- STAKE
- SHIVA
- JULIENNE
- HEAT
- VENUS DE MILO
- RISK
- TAXI DRIVER
NYT Connections Today (Game #479) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Play the odds
- Vegetable: Cut differently
- Blue: Cape Fear is another
- Purple: You will need to be armed with this knowledge
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 #479) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PUT ON THE LINE
- GREEN: USE A KITCHEN KNIFE
- BLUE: ROBERT DE NIRO FILMS
- PURPLE: NOTABLE NUMBER OF ARMS (OR LACK THEREOF)
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #479) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, game #479, are…
- YELLOW: PUT ON THE LINE BET, CHANCE, GAMBLE, RISK
- GREEN: USE A KITCHEN KNIFE CUBE, DICE, JULIENNE, SLICE
- BLUE: ROBERT DE NIRO FILMS CASINO, HEAT, JOKER, TAXI DRIVER
- PURPLE: NOTABLE NUMBER OF ARMS (OR LACK THEREOF) OCTOPUS, SHIVA, SLOTS MACHINE, VENUS DE MILO
- My rating: Simple
- My score: Perfect
I’m always happy with myself when I solve the purple group early on. That’s because it’s supposedly the hardest of the four, and even if that’s not always the case, it’s usually the one with the most interesting format, in the sense that they’re rarely just synonyms for another word, like yellow and are often green. Nowadays, purple was very creative: a distinctive number of arms (or lack thereof). I focused on VENUS DE MILO, which seemed to have only a few possible connections to anything: it’s a statue, a work of art, and an armless figure. When I looked at the board I saw OCTOPUS and then SHIVA, and although it took me a while to realize that SLOT MACHINE also fit, I was delighted when all four turned out to be right. The other three groups were mundane in comparison – although I will never enjoy thinking about ROBERT DE NIRO FILMS…
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, October 1, game #478)
- YELLOW: CONFUSED CONDITION FOAM, DUST, SWEAT, TIZZY
- GREEN: FITNESS CONDITION, SHAPE, HEALTH, SHAPE
- BLUE: FAST MOVING WATER CASCADE, CURRENT, FAST, WAVE
- PURPLE: DISHWASHER CYCLES NORMAL, FAST, RINSE, DISINFECT
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.
