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Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, March 4 (game #632).
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.
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NYT Connections today (game #633) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- BITE
- ONION
- SOFT
- KICK
- PICKLE
- SKIRT
- ALLERGY
- RELIEF
- PAINT
- DODGE
- EDGE
- CLIP
- BORDER
- FILE
- MELODRAMA
- FRINGE
NYT Connections today (game #633) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: On the outside
- GREEN: Cuticle activities
- BLUE: Things to make you blub
- PURPLE: Add a rhyme with “wall” to make a game
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…
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NYT Connections today (game #633) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PERIPHERY
- GREEN: THINGS PEOPLE DO TO FINGERNAILS
- BLUE: WHAT MIGHT BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES
- PURPLE: __BALL RECREATIONAL SPORTS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #633) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Connections, game #633, are…
- YELLOW: PERIPHERY BORDER, EDGE, FRINGE, SKIRT
- GREEN: THINGS PEOPLE DO TO FINGERNAILS BITE, CLIP, FILE, PAINT
- BLUE: WHAT MIGHT BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES ALLERGY, MELODRAMA, ONION, RELIEF
- PURPLE: __BALL RECREATIONAL SPORTS DODGE, KICK, PICKLE, SOFT
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
I’m annoyed with today’s Connections because I made a mistake with an answer that is technically also correct.
PAINT could have fitted into __BALL RECREATIONAL SPORTS as well as THINGS PEOPLE DO TO FINGERNAILS. The injustice! It’s not as if I tried to put PICKLE and ONION in a group together – I thought about it, though.
Paintball doesn’t involve an actual ball as such, so I guess that justifies its exclusion. But what’s doubly annoying at missing out on an error-free clean run is that this was one of those rare puzzles where I actually understood what all the categories were, for a change.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 4 March, game #632)
- YELLOW: ADJECTIVES FOR NICE SKIN DEWY, FRESH, GLOWING, SMOOTH
- GREEN: MESS OF HAIR MAT, MOP, TANGLE, THATCH
- BLUE: DICKENS CHARACTERS BUCKET, PIP, SCROOGE, TWIST
- PURPLE: ___CHAIN DAISY, FOOD, MOUNTAIN, SUPPLY
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.
