Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that requires you to sort answers into different categories. This can be tricky, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do when you’re done? Play some word games, of course. I also have daily articles with tips and answers for Wordle, Strands and Quordle if you need help with those too.
SPOILER ALERT: Information about today’s NYT Connections is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (Game No. 458) – the words of the day
The words of NYT Connections today are…
- DINOSAUR
- PEARL
- AUBERGINE
- MINT
- LAVENDER
- AMBER
- NUGGET
- STACK
- TREATS
- AMETHYST
- ASSETS
- MOSQUITO
- BUNDLE
- PALEONTOLOGIST
- GRIMACE
- KERNELS
NYT Connections Today (Game #458) – Clue #1 – Group Clues
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Do you have one? You are rich
- Green: A little knowledge
- Blue: An adventure that took 65 million years to create
- Purple: Solid color
Need more advice?
Now we’re moving into the spoiler zone, but read on if you want to know the four topic answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #458) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY
- GREEN: SOME WISDOMS
- BLUE: SEEN IN “JURASSIC PARK”
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE PURPLE
That’s right, the answers are below, SO DON’T SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (Game No. 458) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections Game No. 458 are…
- YELLOW: LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY bundle, fortune, mint, stack
- GREEN: SOME WISDOMS CORE, NUGGET, PEARL, TREATS
- BLUE: SEEN IN “JURASSIC PARK” AMBER, DINOSAUR, MOSQUITO, PALEONTOLOGIST
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE PURPLE AMETHYST, EGGPLANT, GRIMACE, LAVENDER
- My rating: Simply
- My result: 2 errors
My winning streak on Connections – that’s six in a row after several failures in the last few weeks. Maybe the game has gotten easier, maybe I’ve gotten better, maybe it’s just luck!
Anyway, I didn’t find the modern-day connections too troubling. The blue JURASSIC PARK group stood out immediately, even 30 years after the original film’s debut. Yellow (LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY) and green (A LITTLE BIT OF WISDOM) were also pretty obvious when I thought about it. I wouldn’t have thought of purple though if it hadn’t happened automatically – three was obvious but I don’t know what GRIMACE is referring to so I never would have thought of it. (Apparently it’s a McDonald’s thing – but I’ve never eaten there so I don’t know…)
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Tuesday, September 10, Game #457)
- YELLOW: VARIETIES TYPES, VARIETIES, STRIPES, TYPES
- GREEN: TRANSMISSION DELIVER, GIVE, HAND OVER, PASS ON
- BLUE: RATING SYSTEMS AF, PERCENTAGE, STARS, THUMBS
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH KINGS CHECKERS, CARD GAME, MONARCHY, NHL
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games from the New York Times. You have to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a bit harder, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
The upside is that you don’t technically have to solve the final puzzle, as you can solve it by process of elimination. Plus, you’re allowed to make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little wiggle room.
It is a bit more complicated than Wordle, however, and has many ways to trick you. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that could obscure the answers.
It can be played for free on desktop or mobile via the NYT Games site.