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Good afternoon! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do once you’re done? Why, play some more word games for sure. I still have it every day Strands suggestions and answers and Quordle suggestions and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s NYT Connections information is below, so don’t read if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #582) – today’s words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BANK
- PARK
- BOOK
- STORE
- RESERVE
- TRAIN
- SCHOOL
- SWIMMING POOL
- EARTH
- SIGNAL
- INCH
- COACH
- TURN
- GLOW
- GUIDE
- BRAKE
NYT Connections today (game #582) – tip #1 – group tips
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: learn
- GREEN: Collection of articles
- BLUE: Take the wheel
- PURPLE: Shaggy creatures
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 #582) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TEACH
- GREEN: CACHE
- BLUE: DRIVING INSTRUCTOR DIRECTIVE
- PURPLE: WORM
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE IT.
NYT Connections today (game #582) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #582, are…
- YELLOW: TEACH COACH, GUIDE, SCHOOL, TRAIN
- GREEN: CACHE BANK, SWIMMING POOL, RESERVE, STORE
- BLUE: DRIVING INSTRUCTOR DIRECTIVE BRAKE, PARK, TURN, TURN
- PURPLE: WORM BOOK, EARTH, GLOW, INCH
- My rating: Easy going
- My score: 1 mistake
In the list of DRIVING INSTRUCTOR DIRECTIVES, the one I heard the most during my lessons was BRAKE. I was so bad at driving that my first instructor refused to take me out after my second lesson – I hit a police car in stationary traffic. The cops thought it was funny, the instructor less so.
When I eventually got to take my first test, it failed after 10 seconds, after failing to SIGNAL, and then making a TURN in the wrong direction and directly into oncoming vehicles.
I added that during this period I also crashed my father’s car into a rock and then a tree.
Fortunately, after a 10-year hiatus, everything clicked and I sailed through my second test. I even thought about becoming a driving instructor myself, but then I realized that I would have to teach people like I was at 17.
Anyway, nice connection today. Definitely less stressful than a driving lesson.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Sunday, January 12, Game #581)
- YELLOW: MANUFACTURING FAIRY, FANTASY, FICTION, INVENTION
- GREEN: wow CHARM, COURT, CHASE, ROMANCE
- BLUE: CLASSIC ATARI GAMES ASTEROIDS, BREAKOUT, CENTIPEDE, DEFENDER
- VIOLA: THING FEATURING TAILS COIN TOSS, COMETS, DRESS COAT, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by The New York Times. It is challenging to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite hard and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you do not technically need to solve the last one, as you will be able to respond to that through a process of elimination. Plus, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you some breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trick you. For example, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It is played for free via the The NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
