NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Tuesday, September 17 (game #464)

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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

Marc
McLaren

NYT
Connections
today
(game
#464)
–
today’s
words

NYT Connections hints for game 464 on a purple background — (Image
credit:
New
York
Times)

Today’s
NYT
Connections
words
are…

PUMP
SPEAKER
FIRE
MATTE
MIC
CHAIR
FLAT
AMP
WHIP
DUG
HYPE
SLIDE
PEAT
PSYCH
MULE
LEADER

NYT
Connections
today
(game
#464)
–
hint
#1
–
group
hints

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

Yellow:
Let’s
do
this!
Green:
Put
your
foot
in
it
Blue:
They’re
in
charge,
right?
Purple:
Sounds
like
a
name

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
#464)
–
hint
#2
–
group
answers

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

YELLOW:
GET
EXCITED,
WITH
“UP”
GREEN:
KINDS
OF
SHOES
BLUE:
LEGISLATIVE
ROLES
PURPLE:
NAME
HOMOPHONES

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

NYT
Connections
today
(game
#464)
–
the
answers

NYT Connections answers for game 464 on a purple background — (Image
credit:
New
York
Times)

The
answers
to
today’s
Connections,
game
#464,
are…

YELLOW:
GET
EXCITED,
WITH
“UP”
AMP,
FIRE,
HYPE,
PSYCH
GREEN:
KINDS
OF
SHOES
FLAT,
MULE,
PUMP,
SLIDE
BLUE:
LEGISLATIVE
ROLES
CHAIR,
LEADER,
SPEAKER,
WHIP
PURPLE:
NAME
HOMOPHONES
DUG,
MATTE,
MIC,
PEAT

My
rating:
Easy
My
score:
1
mistake

Just
the
one
mistake
for
me
today,
and
that
came
right
at
the
start
on
what
ended
up
being
(supposedly)
the
easiest
of
the
four
groups.
Fortunately,
blue
and
purple
were
both
a
fair
bit
simpler
than
they
sometimes
are,
so
I
was
never
close
to
failing
overall.

Purple
was
a
particular
favorite
of
mine;
I
love
homophone
puzzles,
and
always
look
for
them
in
Connections.
Though
they
typically
form
the
most
difficult
group,
they’re
only
difficult
because
they’re
‘hidden’
compared
to
simple
synonym
groups;
once
you
spot
one,
the
other
three
are
generally
easy
to
find,
so
I
always
sound
out
each
word
just
in
case.
That
happened
today
with
PEAT,
which
I
looked
at
and
thought…
PETE?
Then
looked
at
the
rest
of
the
board
and
found
MATTE
(MATT),
DUG
(DOUG)
and
MIC
(MIKE).
Nice.

How
did
you
do
today?

Send
me
an
email
and
let
me
know.

Yesterday’s
NYT
Connections
answers
(Monday,
16
September,
game
#463)

YELLOW:
FOREMOST
CHIEF,
PREMIER,
PRINCIPAL,
SUPREME
GREEN:
SPIKY
THINGS
CACTUS,
HEDGEHOG,
MACE,
PINEAPPLE
BLUE:
OVERLY
SENTIMENTAL
WORK
CHEESE,
CORN,
MUSH,
PAP
PURPLE:
THINGS
THAT
ARE
CAPPED
BOTTLE,
GRADUATE,
MUSHROOM,
SALARY

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.