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 18 (game #830).
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 #831) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- TIGER
- NOSE
- MASCARA
- PACE
- RATE
- BLUSH
- DYE
- CLIP
- SWEAT
- TOWEL
- SCORE
- TRAIL
- RANK
- FIDGET
- STOCKINGS
- GRADE
NYT Connections today (game #831) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Assess the value
- GREEN: Things done when anxious
- BLUE: A type of cardio movement in common
- PURPLE: Precede with something you write on
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 #831) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: EVALUATE
- GREEN: EXHIBIT NERVOUSNESS
- BLUE: THINGS THAT CAN RUN, ANNOYINGLY
- PURPLE: PAPER ___
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #831) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #831, are…
- YELLOW: EVALUATE GRADE, RANK, RATE, SCORE
- GREEN: EXHIBIT NERVOUSNESS BLUSH, FIDGET, PACE, SWEAT
- BLUE: THINGS THAT CAN RUN, ANNOYINGLY DYE, MASCARA, NOSE, STOCKINGS
- PURPLE: PAPER ___ CLIP, TIGER, TOWEL, TRAIL
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
A good day for me, as I got the hardest purple group before the end – CLIP was the word that started me thinking of PAPER, although it was less tricky by the time I saw it with only eight tiles left.
Before that, I had been less clever by connecting BLUSH, DYE, MASCARA and SWEAT, thinking these were all things that changed colors – so, in hindsight, I was not far away from THINGS THAT RUN, ANNOYINGLY.
If I was to EVALUATE today’s Connections I’d RANK it somewhere in the middle – not too hard, not too easy.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, September 18, game #830)
- YELLOW: INTO IT DOWN, EAGER, GAME, WILLING
- GREEN: FURNISH EQUIP, OUTFIT, PREPARE, READY
- BLUE: ORGS WITH STARS IN THEIR LOGOS N.F.L., NASA, PARAMOUNT, SUBARU
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF GENESIS FIGURES ABLE, CANE, EAVE, NOAA
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.
