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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, September 21 (game #833).
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 #834) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- CROSSWORD
- AREA
- AYES
- ORCA
- ARIA
- ARS
- OREO
- EASE
- VOLUME
- DOMINO
- ENCORE
- LENGTH
- EXCALIBUR
- PERIMETER
- OWES
- LUXOR
NYT Connections today (game #834) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Measurements
- GREEN: Monochrome
- BLUE: Stay in Vegas
- PURPLE: Alphabetical sounds
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 #834) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BASIC GEOMETRIC CALCULATIONS
- GREEN: BLACK-AND-WHITE THINGS
- BLUE: LAS VEGAS CASINO HOTELS
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE PLURAL LETTERS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #834) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #834, are…
- YELLOW: BASIC GEOMETRIC CALCULATIONS AREA, LENGTH, PERIMETER, VOLUME
- GREEN: BLACK-AND-WHITE THINGS CROSSWORD, DOMINO, ORCA, OREO
- BLUE: LAS VEGAS CASINO HOTELS ARIA, ENCORE, EXCALIBUR, LUXOR
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE PLURAL LETTERS ARS, AYES, EASE, OWES
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Today’s purple group WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE PLURAL LETTERS is a great example of how saying the tiles out loud should be part of our process.
Of course, that isn’t always easy. If you work in an office or play Connections in a coffee shop then people may think you are losing your mind. That was especially the case today with ARS and AYES.
Fortunately, I didn’t have to sound out any words as I’d already completed the game before reaching the most difficult group – BLACK AND WHITE THINGS was a recent Strands theme, so I saw that quickly, followed by BASIC GEOMETRIC CALCULATIONS.
The final eight tiles did present me with a challenge. I knew that EXCALIBUR and LUXOR were LAS VEGAS CASINO HOTELS, but it was a lucky guess that got me ARIA and ENCORE.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, September 21, game #833)
- YELLOW: TOUCHSCREEN GESTURES PINCH, SCROLL, SWIPE, TAP
- GREEN: RELAX CHILL, LOAF, LOUNGE, VEG
- BLUE: RESTAURANT SEATING OPTIONS BAR, BOOTH, COUNTER, TABLE
- PURPLE: VEGETABLES WITH FIRST LETTER REMOVED ALE, EEK, HIVE, QUASH
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.
