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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 #581) – today’s words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- COMETS
- INVENTED
- COIN TOS
- DEFENDER
- COURT
- ASTEROIDS
- FAIRY TALE
- DRESS COAT
- FICTION
- ROMANCE
- SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
- CENTIPEDE
- CHARM
- FANTASY
- BREAK OUT
- PURSE
NYT Connections today (game #581) – tip #1 – group tips
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: All done
- GREEN: Dating
- BLUE: Classic videos
- PURPLE: Flipside
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 #581) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MANUFACTURING
- GREEN: wow
- BLUE: CLASSIC ATARI GAMES
- VIOLA: THING FEATURING TAILS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE IT.
NYT Connections today (game #581) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #581, are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My score: I fail
I started today’s Connections completely confused and unable to see any link before writing each word and notice – after a brief thought that we were looking for book genres – the words that make up FABRICATION and WOO.
Blue and Purple blew me away. Games are a blindspot for me. If I like a game I’m stuck in it for years – Tetris, Sim City, Balatru – play absolutely nothing else until a new game takes over, or as was the case with a dinner game called RSVP I play it every day on my phone, accidentally delete it and then find out it’s no longer available. I realize this is a little weird and left me completely ignorant of everything else. But even if he was aware of the video game canon of the late 20th century, I would definitely have included SONIC THE HEDGEHOG as an Atari game (it’s Sega), instead of the THINGS FEATURING TAILS category.
After Googling “Does Sonic The Hedgehog have a tail?” (I’m not the first to do this) I finally found out that Tails is the name of a character in the Sonic the hedgehog universe – and yes Sonic has a tail. Every day is a school day.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, January 11, Game #580)
- YELLOW: ROW AND COLUMN VIEW ARRAY, GRID, MATRIX, TABLE
- GREEN: WHAT TO DO IN A WORK EVENT CIRCULATE, CONVERSE, MINGLE, NETWORK
- BLUE: OLYMPIC EVENTS SINCE 2000 BREAKING, SURFING, TAEKWONDO, TRAMPOLINES
- VIOLA: -_SHORT FOOD, KANGAROO, SUPREME, TENNIS
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.
