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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, September 17 (game #829).
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 #830) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- NASA
- READY
- WILLING
- ABLE
- NOAA
- OUTFIT
- N.F.L.
- GAME
- DOWN
- CANE
- PREPARE
- PARAMOUNT
- EAVE
- SUBARU
- EAGER
- EQUIP
NYT Connections today (game #830) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Ready to get involved
- GREEN: All set
- BLUE: Starry brands
- PURPLE: Sound like they’re in the Bible
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 #830) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INTO IT
- GREEN: FURNISH
- BLUE: ORGS WITH STARS IN THEIR LOGOS
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF GENESIS FIGURES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #830) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #830, are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
This was a classic game of Connections with a questionable tile in every quartet – are those stars or crosses in the SUBARU logo? Don’t you pronounce NOAA as en-oh-ay-ay? Doesn’t DOWN also mean you’re not “INTO IT”?
There was also a tempting trio of words that seemed like a joke group, but also belonged together in READY, WILLING, and ABLE. Add GAME and it would make perfect sense as a genuine group.
My mistakes came in trying to put together the FURNISH group, into which I added ABLE, getting “one away” twice before I finally settled on the correct quartet.
I think I had the words ABLE and enable muddled up. I got there eventually, though.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, September 17, game #829)
- YELLOW: THEY'RE BLOWIN' IN THE WIND FLAG, PINWHEEL, VANE, WIND CHIME
- GREEN: CHANGE ONE'S TUNE ABOUT-FACE, BACKPEDAL, FLIP-FLOP, RENEGE
- BLUE: CRAM JAM, SHOEHORN, STUFF, WEDGE
- PURPLE: LAST WORDS IN LONG-RUNNING CHILDREN'S SHOW TITLES KANGAROO, NEIGHBORHOOD, RAINBOW, STREET
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.
