NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Saturday, September 14 (game #461)
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
NYT
Connections
today
(game
#461)
–
today’s
words
Today’s
NYT
Connections
words
are…
- LION
- SWITCH
- RETRO
- BURGER
- VINTAGE
- SUB
- PROM
- SLIDER
- SUPER
- GRAPE
- BUTTON
- CALIFORNIA
- REGION
- KNOB
- PRO
- WINERY
NYT
Connections
today
(game
#461)
–
hint
#1
–
group
hints
What
are
some
clues
for
today’s
NYT
Connections
groups?
-
Yellow:
Read
the
label -
Green:
Touch
this -
Blue:
They
go
before -
Purple:
Blank
[royal
title]
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
#461)
–
hint
#2
–
group
answers
What
are
the
answers
for
today’s
NYT
Connections
groups?
-
YELLOW:
WINE
BOTTLE
INFO -
GREEN:
CONSOLE
INPUTS -
BLUE:
PREFIXES -
PURPLE:
___
KING
Right,
the
answers
are
below,
so
DO
NOT
SCROLL
ANY
FURTHER
IF
YOU
DON’T
WANT
TO
SEE
THEM.
NYT
Connections
today
(game
#461)
–
the
answers
The
answers
to
today’s
Connections,
game
#461,
are…
-
YELLOW:
WINE
BOTTLE
INFO
GRAPE,
REGION,
VINTAGE,
WINERY -
GREEN:
CONSOLE
INPUTS
BUTTON,
KNOB,
SLIDER,
SWITCH -
BLUE:
PREFIXES
PRO,
RETRO,
SUB,
SUPER -
PURPLE:
___
KING
BURGER,
CALIFORNIA,
LION,
PROM
-
My
rating:
Easy -
My
score:
2
mistakes
Today’s
Connections
is
another
fairly
simple
one.
For
starters,
it
doesn’t
require
too
much
specialist
knowledge
–
BUTTON,
KNOB,
SLIDER
and
SWITCH,
for
instance,
are
just
generally
used
words.
And
while
the
WINE
BOTTLE
INFO
group
might
be
easier
for
people
who
drink
wine,
none
of
the
answers
are
remotely
obscure.
The
one
I
didn’t
technically
solve
was
blue
–
which
in
hindsight
was
one
of
the
easiest.
That
group
was
PREFIXES,
with
the
answers
being
PRO,
SUB,
RETRO
and
SUPER
–
all
of
which
really
should
have
occurred
to
me.
But
instead
I
focused
on
the
[blank]
king
group,
having
spotted
BURGER,
LION
and
PROM.
Trouble
was,
I
couldn’t
find
the
fourth
one,
guessing
SUPER
and
PRO
(randomly)
before
finally
going
for
CALIFORNIA
to
complete
the
set.
I
don’t
know
what
a
CALIFORNIA
KING
is,
but
I
solved
it
in
the
end,
so
who
cares…
How
did
you
do
today?
Send
me
an
email
and
let
me
know.
Yesterday’s
NYT
Connections
answers
(Friday,
13
September,
game
#460)
-
YELLOW:
VITALITY
ENERGY,
JUICE,
LIFE,
ZIP -
GREEN:
PALINDROMES
FEATURING
“E”
LEVEL,
PEP,
REFER,
TENET -
BLUE:
FEATURED
IN
“JACK
AND
THE
BEANSTALK”
BEANS,
COW,
GIANT,
JACK -
PURPLE:
CAR
MODELS
BEETLE,
CIVIC,
FOCUS,
VOLT
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.