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September 27, 2024

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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
clues.

What
should
you
do
once
you’ve
finished?
Why,
play
some
more
word
games
of
course.
I’ve
also
got
daily

Wordle
hints
and
answers,

Strands
hints
and
answers
and

Quordle
hints
and
answers
articles
if
you
need
help
for
those
too.

SPOILER
WARNING:
Information
about
NYT
Connections
today
is
below,
so
don’t
read
on
if
you
don’t
want
to
know
the
answers.

Your
Connections
expert

Your
Connections
expert

Marc
McLaren

NYT
Connections
today
(game
#474)
–
today’s
words

Today’s
NYT
Connections
words
are…

• IMPORT
• THING
• GRAVITY
• START
• BANK
• TRADE
• MATRIX
• DUNE
• WEIGHT
• ABYSS
• DRAFT
• MOUND
• HILL
• BENCH
• FLY
• SUBSTANCE

NYT
Connections
today
(game
#474)
–
hint
#1
–
group
hints

What
are
some
clues
for
today’s
NYT
Connections
groups?

• 
  Yellow:
  Up
  there
  on
  that
  __
• 
  Green:
  Big
  deal
• 
  Blue:
  Team
  of
  the
  week
• 
  Purple:
  Star
  Wars
  would
  not
  be
  one.
  The
  Return
  of
  the
  Jedi
  would

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
#474)
–
hint
#2
–
group
answers

What
are
the
answers
for
today’s
NYT
Connections
groups?

• 
  YELLOW:
  AREA
  OF
  HIGH
  GROUND
• 
  GREEN:
  SIGNIFICANCE
• 
  BLUE:
  ACTIONS
  IN
  FANTASY
  SPORTS
• 
  PURPLE:
  SCI-FI
  MOVIES,
  WITH
  “THE”

Right,
the
answers
are
below,
so
DO
NOT
SCROLL
ANY
FURTHER
IF
YOU
DON’T
WANT
TO
SEE
THEM.

NYT
Connections
today
(game
#474)
–
the
answers

The
answers
to
today’s
Connections,
game
#474,
are…

• 
  YELLOW:
  AREA
  OF
  HIGH
  GROUND
  BANK,
  DUNE,
  HILL,
  MOUND
• 
  GREEN:
  SIGNIFICANCE
  GRAVITY,
  IMPORT,
  SUBSTANCE,
  WEIGHT
• 
  BLUE:
  ACTIONS
  IN
  FANTASY
  SPORTS
  BENCH,
  DRAFT,
  START,
  TRADE
• 
  PURPLE:
  SCI-FI
  MOVIES,
  WITH
  “THE”
  ABYSS,
  FLY,
  MATRIX,
  THING

• 
  My
  rating:
  Moderate
• 
  My
  score:
  3
  mistakes

What
do
MATRIX,
THING,
FLY,
ABYSS,
GRAVITY
and
DUNE
all
have
in
common?
They’re
all
movies,
of
course
–
and
more
specifically
all
sci-fi
movies
(although
The
Fly
is
also
a
horror).
Four
of
them
also
formed
a
Connections
group
today
–
but
which
four?

If
I’d
been
a
little
more
careful
I’d
have
worked
it
out
sooner
and
not
lost
a
guess
very
early
on.
But
I
didn’t
do
that,
instead
just
picking
four
at
random,
which
was
a
REALLY
STUPID
thing
to
do.
Still,
I
got
it
on
the
second
attempt,
taking
a
little
more
time
over
it
and
realizing
that
it
was
SCI-FI
MOVIES,
WITH
“THE”,
and
therefore
ABYSS,
FLY,
MATRIX
and
THING.

I
only
lost
one
guess
there,
but
threw
away
a
couple
more
on
the
blue
ACTIONS
IN
FANTASY
SPORTS
group.
I
originally
had
IMPORT
in
there,
thinking
it
was
something
about
taking
things/people
from
one
place
to
another
(which
worked
with
DRAFT
and
TRADE),
but
was
looking
in
slightly
the
wrong
place
and
almost
suffered
a
failure.
With
no
guesses
remaining
I
swapped
IMPORT
for
BENCH,
added
START
and
solved
this
Connections
puzzle.

How
did
you
do
today?

Send
me
an
email
and
let
me
know.

Yesterday’s
NYT
Connections
answers
(Thursday,
26
September,
game
#473)

• 
  YELLOW:
  DECORATIVE
  EDGE
  BORDER,
  FRILL,
  FRINGE,
  TRIM
• 
  GREEN:
  INCREASE,
  IN
  A
  WAY
  GROW,
  MOUNT,
  SWELL,
  WAX
• 
  BLUE:
  SPECIFICATIONS
  FOR
  A
  BARTENDER
  DRY,
  NEAT,
  STRAIGHT,
  VIRGIN
• 
  PURPLE:
  STRING
  ___
  BEAN,
  BIKINI,
  CHEESE,
  THEORY