Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.
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Each day’s game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. Before we get to today’s NYT Connections hints and answers, here’s what you missed on Tuesday:
ForbesNYT Connections Hints Today: Tuesday, October 14 Clues And Answers (#856)By Kris Holt
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: it’s time for another round of Connections!
Yesterday, I mentioned how I believe that it’s important for us to offer up some time, energy and money (or a mix of the three) to worthy causes. I realized a little too late I could have mentioned there’s one way to help that typically takes only a little of your time.
It’s an app called Be My Eyes. It’s been around for a decade and the idea is that blind and low-vision people can use the app to contact a volunteer, who can see through the smartphone’s camera and provide verbal assistance to the person who needs some help. It’s a great use of your time if you’re good at describing and explaining things in clear, simple language. If you can’t take a call, Be My Eyes will route it to another volunteer.
It’s a great idea. I’m all for anything that improves accessibility and kelps make people’s day-to-day lives easier.
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, October 15 are coming right up.
NYT Connections Hints – How To Play
Connections is a free New York Times daily word game that you can play on the NYT’s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive, which includes every previous game.
Connections presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don’t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that’s what you have to figure out.
There’s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it’s game over.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs – part of the fun of Connections is in how the NYT shakes things up to keep you on your toes.
As with Wordle and similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.
Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow – correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.
NYT Connections Hints – Today’s Word List
Scroll slowly! I’ll first give you a list of today’s words, then a hint for each category. After that, I’ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I’ll tell you the category names, followed by the full answers.
Today’s 16 words are…
KIDNEYGOLFGREATBRONCOPINTOVACUUMKIDDIELIMANAVYOLYMPICELEPHANTFIESTAINFINITYBRAVOMUSTANGDELTANYT Connections Hints
And the hints for today’s Connections groups are:
🟨 Yellow group — birth, wave and whirl would fit in here🟩 Green group — spell it out, over🟦 Blue group — you used to get things like this in any color you liked, as long as it was black🟪 Purple group — like wax and heat NYT Connections Hints – One Answer Per Group
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Let’s take a look at one answer for each group.
Here we go…
🟨 Yellow group — INFINITY🟩 Green group — DELTA🟦 Blue group — MUSTANG🟪 Purple group — GREATNYT Connections Hints – Groups/Categories
Today’s Connections groups are…
🟨 Yellow group — types of pools 🟩 Green group — in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet 🟦 Blue group — Ford models 🟪 Purple group — _____ seal NYT Connections Answers
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your last chance to look away.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are…
🟨 Yellow group — types of pools (INFINITY, KIDDIE, KIDNEY, OLYMPIC)🟩 Green group — in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet (BRAVO, DELTA, GOLF, LIMA)🟦 Blue group — Ford models (BRONCO, FIESTA, MUSTANG, PINTO)🟪 Purple group — _____ seal (ELEPHANT, GREAT, NAVY, VACUUM)
Nothing too difficult here, since I clocked and did not fall for the red herring of beans (PINTO, KIDNEY, LIMA and NAVY). I spotted three of the groups pretty quickly, actually.
The greens jumped out at me right away, while MUSTANG, BRONCO and FIESTA made the blues obvious. It took me a second to remember that PINTO is a Ford model too.
From there, OLYMPIC and INFINITY made the yellows clear to me. It took me a second to clock the purple connection, but I got there in the end.
That’s win 229 on the bounce for yours truly. Here’s my grid for today:
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Want to know more about how everything fits together? Let’s explore today’s game in more depth in my NYT Connections Answers Explained column.
ForbesNYT Connections: Today’s Answers Explained (Wednesday, October 15, #857)By Kris Holt
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That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Thursday’s game if you need them.
P.S. I’ve recommended “Kiss From a Rose” in a previous column (that day’s game of Connections featured things that appeared on the Great Seal of the U.S.). So, I’m going with a different Seal song this time. The singer provided vocals for this 1990 banger from Adamski:
Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!
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