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 today’s NYT Connections hints, here’s what you missed on Monday:
ForbesNYT Connections Hints Today: Monday, April 20 Clues And Answers (#1,044)By Kris Holt
Hey there, Connectors! I hope you’ve had a great start to your week.
I think it’s important to find the joy in whatever you are doing*, especially so in trying times. That could be anything from making household chores more palatable by listening to music, audiobooks or podcasts, or making your workday more fun.
The latter is something I’ve been trying to do more of. Don’t get me wrong, I love what I do for a living, especially putting together this column every day. Yet it’s still work. Sure, I’ll take breaks so I can walk around a bit and temporarily turn my mind to something else, but I do what I can to enjoy my work as much as possible. Thinking up a decent joke or fun hint, for instance, always helps. I encourage you to do something similar.
*With my usual caveat that it shouldn’t bring harm to anyone.
Before we start, I want to highlight the rad community we have on Discord, where we chat about Connections, the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. It’s a lovely group of folks. You’re more than welcome to join us.
Also, my weekend editions of this column are available over on my newsletter, Pastimes. If you enjoy the intros and recommendations in my Connections columns, I publish longer pieces along similar lines on Pastimes as well. I think you’d dig them.
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, April 21 are coming right up. Let’s get rolling!
NYT Connections – 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…
OCTOPUSBREEZETHUNDERMESSENGERMOONSADDLEBULLWALTZBUNKGOLDHOBOMOSEYBILGECROSSBODYSTROLLBALONEYNYT Connections Hints
And the hints for today’s Connections groups are:
🟨 Yellow group — move in a lackadaisical fashion, perhaps🟩 Green group — what tosh!🟦 Blue group — these can get stuffed🟪 Purple group — like sky and spec, but no, doctor, these haven’t been stirredNYT 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 — WALTZ🟩 Green group — BUNK🟦 Blue group — SADDLE🟪 Purple group — THUNDERNYT Connections Hints – Groups/Categories
Today’s Connections groups are…
🟨 Yellow group — amble (in)🟩 Green group — balderdash🟦 Blue group — kinds of bags 🟪 Purple group — starts of one-word James Bond movie titles 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 — amble (in) (BREEZE, MOSEY, STROLL, WALTZ)🟩 Green group — balderdash (BALONEY, BILGE, BULL, BUNK)🟦 Blue group — kinds of bags (CROSSBODY, HOBO, MESSENGER, SADDLE)🟪 Purple group — starts of one-word James Bond movie titles (GOLD, MOON, OCTOPUS, THUNDER)
I got the greens right away. No problem at all there. I got the yellows squared away in short order too.
From there, GOLD and MOON helped me figure out the purples. Fun group! Those refer to Goldfinger/GoldenEye, Moonraker, Octopussy and Thunderball.
That left the blues (for which I did figure out the category) for my 416th win in a row, though I don’t know what a HOBO bag is.
How did you get on today? Here’s my grid:
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The category titles spelled out everything except for the purples, and I did that above, so no Answers Explained column today. (I didn’t figure out any red herrings either.)
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 Wednesday’s game if you need them.
P.S. My current favorite band dropped a new song last week right before starting their latest North American tour. I am absolutely buzzing to see Electric Callboy again in a few weeks, and I’ve already listened to “Hypercharged” many, many times. It’s not quite my favorite song of theirs, but as always, it’s loud, catchy and full of energy. I like it a whole bunch (and yes, I’ve already ordered a special edition of the new album):
Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!
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