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 #826) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MAIN
- SCALE
- DOOR
- KEY
- TOP
- COMPASS
- WALL
- GATE
- BEST
- FLEET
- BEAT
- INSET
- PORTAL
- BETTER
- DOWNING
- HATCH
NYT Connections today (game #826) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Entrance
- GREEN: Used to plot navigation
- BLUE: Go beyond
- PURPLE: Famous roads
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 #826) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ENTRYWAY
- GREEN: MAP FEATURES
- BLUE: SURPASS
- PURPLE: STREETS WITH SYMBOLIC IMPORTANCE
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #826) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #826, are…
- YELLOW: ENTRYWAY DOOR, GATE, HATCH, PORTAL
- GREEN: MAP FEATURES COMPASS, INSET, KEY, SCALE
- BLUE: SURPASS BEAT, BEST, BETTER, TOP
- PURPLE: STREETS WITH SYMBOLIC IMPORTANCE DOWNING, FLEET, MAIN, WALL
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
A rare game for me where I actually guessed the purple group correctly. For once, playing Connections from the UK helped.
I’m pretty sure everyone knows DOWNING Street is where the British Prime Minister lives, but I’m uncertain FLEET Street is as well known. It was the road in central London which once housed all of the national newspapers’ offices and printing presses and although that is no longer the case it’s still used as a catch-all term for the entire British press.
My only flirtation with a mistake today was briefly lumping TOP in with HATCH, GATE and DOOR, but I thought BETTER of it and swapped it for PORTAL.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, September 13, game #825)
- YELLOW: IMPORTANT CRITICAL, KEY, MAJOR, PRINCIPAL
- GREEN: INTIMATE AND UNDISCLOSED INNER, PERSONAL, PRIVATE, SECRET
- BLUE: GLOBAL CURRENCIES DOLLAR, POUND, STERLING, WON
- PURPLE: BUFFALO ___ BILL, NICKEL, SOLDIER, WING
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.
