A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, September 11 (game #823).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #824) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- ZOOM
- CALL
- TELEPHOTO
- NUMBER
- EBAY
- BID
- DRIVER
- ADDRESS
- APPEAL
- MACRO
- NAME
- PETITION
- FLAKE
- FINLET
- FISHEYE
NYT Connections today (game #824) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Plea
- GREEN: Vital details
- BLUE: Ready for your close-up
- PURPLE: Geographical features with added element
Need more clues?
We're firmly in 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 #824) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ENTREATY
- GREEN: CONTACT INFO
- BLUE: KINDS OF CAMERA LENSES
- PURPLE: BODIES OF WATER PLUS STARTING LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #824) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #824, are…
- YELLOW: ENTREATY APPEAL, BID, CALL, PETITION
- GREEN: CONTACT INFO ADDRESS, EMAIL, NAME, NUMBER
- BLUE: KINDS OF CAMERA LENSES FISHEYE, MACRO, TELEPHOTO, ZOOM
- PURPLE: BODIES OF WATER PLUS STARTING LETTER DRIVER, EBAY, FINLET, FLAKE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 mistake
Every now and then I think that a Connections hard mode would be a good idea. I imagine it being made up of 20 tiles instead of 16, with 4 of them not being part of the game at all.
My reasoning is that the game in its current format can be completed by knowing just three of the groups. Having an extra four tiles would mean that you have to get all four. Let me know what you think.
I’m saying this because with a bit of thought I could have got today’s purple group, but the way the game works I didn’t need to.
That said, not being the smartest of players, it would probably mean I fail a lot more often. Even with today’s easy game I managed to make a mistake, and included DRIVER instead of NAME for CONTACT INFO.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, September 11, game #823)
- YELLOW: BLEMISH DENT, DING, MAR, SCRATCH
- GREEN: BEHEMOTH COLOSSUS, MAMMOTH, WHALE, WHOPPER
- BLUE: RUDE THINGS TO DO POINT, SNICKER, STARE, WHISPER
- PURPLE: ON A BASEBALL FIELD BASE, BOX, MOUND, PLATE
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
