NYT Connections Today — Hints and Answers for Wednesday, September 25 (Contest #472)
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 #472) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- HAT TRICK
- HOMERUN
- ROAST
- PAINT
- SOAP BOX
- TRIPLE CROWN
- DROP CLOTH
- WINGS
- ROLE
- KENTUCKY
- SPROUTS
- TRINITY
- DEMOLITION
- BAND
- THREE-EAT
- CHEESE STEAK
NYT Connections Today (Contest #472) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues to the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Sporting victory Sporting victory Sporting victory
- Vegetables: Just add paint
- Blue: Did you eat at a specific place?
- Purple: Empty [word for a contest between rivals]
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 #472) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TRIO OF SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS
- GREEN: NEEDS FOR PAINTING A ROOM
- BLUE: FOOD NAMED AFTER CITIES
- PURPLE: ___ DERBY
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #472) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #472, are…
- YELLOW: TRIO OF SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS HATTRICK, THREEPEAT, TRIFECTA, TRIPLE CROWN
- GREEN: NEEDS FOR PAINTING A ROOM DROP CLOTH, PAINT, ROLL, TAPE
- BLUE: FOOD NAMED AFTER CITIES BROIL, CHEESESTEAK, BRUSSELS SPROUTS, WINGS
- PURPLE: ___ DERBY DEMOLITION, HOME RUN, KENTUCKY, SOAP BOX
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 3 mistakes
I nearly failed today’s Connections puzzle, only completing the last group on my last guess. But in my defense, a couple of these were very US-centric connections that I couldn’t solve, since I don’t live in the US and never have.
Those groups were blue and purple, and blue in particular was just impossible; I’ve heard of a Philly CHEESESTEAK, but I have no idea what SPROUTS, WINGS, and BROIL refer to. Likewise, in the purple group, I could correctly find the __DERBY group via DEMOLITION, KENTUCKY, and SOAP BOX, but I guessed ROLLER instead of HOME RUN. I’m assuming the latter is somehow baseball-related, so I probably should have considered it as a possibility earlier.
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Answers from yesterday on NYT Connections (Tuesday, September 24, Contest #471)
- YELLOW: INSPIRED CREATIVE, FRESH, NEW, ORIGINAL
- GREEN: PRE-PURCHASE BOOK, CHART, RESERVE, SECURE
- BLUE: A PIECE OF PARTY DECORATION BALLOON, BANNER, CONFETTI, WARELAND
- PURPLE: ONLINE PERSONALITY AMBASSADOR, INFLUENCER, MODEL, STREAMER
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.
