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
#471)
–
today’s
words
(Image
credit:
New
York
Times)
Today’s
NYT
Connections
words
are…
- BALLOON
- BOOK
- MODEL
- BANNER
- NOVEL
- AMBASSADOR
- CONFETTI
- STREAMER
- SECURE
- CREATIVE
- RESERVE
- FRESH
- ORIGINAL
- GARLAND
- INFLUENCER
- CHARTER
NYT
Connections
today
(game
#471)
–
hint
#1
–
group
hints
What
are
some
clues
for
today’s
NYT
Connections
groups?
-
Yellow:
Innovative -
Green:
Lay
claim
to
something
beforehand -
Blue:
Put
them
up
and
celebrate -
Purple:
Instagrammers?
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
#471)
–
hint
#2
–
group
answers
What
are
the
answers
for
today’s
NYT
Connections
groups?
-
YELLOW:
INSPIRED -
GREEN:
PROCURE
IN
ADVANCE -
BLUE:
BIT
OF
PARTY
DECORATION -
PURPLE:
ONLINE
PERSONALITY
Right,
the
answers
are
below,
so
DO
NOT
SCROLL
ANY
FURTHER
IF
YOU
DON’T
WANT
TO
SEE
THEM.
NYT
Connections
today
(game
#471)
–
the
answers
(Image
credit:
New
York
Times)
The
answers
to
today’s
Connections,
game
#471,
are…
-
YELLOW:
INSPIRED
CREATIVE,
FRESH,
NOVEL,
ORIGINAL -
GREEN:
PROCURE
IN
ADVANCE
BOOK,
CHARTER,
RESERVE,
SECURE -
BLUE:
BIT
OF
PARTY
DECORATION
BALLOON,
BANNER,
CONFETTI,
GARLAND -
PURPLE:
ONLINE
PERSONALITY
AMBASSADOR,
INFLUENCER,
MODEL,
STREAMER
-
My
rating:
Easy -
My
score:
1
mistake
Though
I
did
make
one
mistake
today,
I’m
not
beating
myself
up
about
it
–
because
really
there
was
no
way
I
could
have
known
which
answer
was
the
genuine
one.
This
is
a
common
theme
in
Connections:
the
inclusion
of
answers
that
act
as
red
herrings
due
to
their
possible
inclusion
in
multiple
categories.
Today
I
assembled
three-quarters
of
the
ONLINE
PERSONALITY
group,
which
ended
up
being
the
purple
one,
in
the
form
of
INFLUENCER,
MODEL
and
STREAMER.
I
added
in
CREATIVE
–
because
that
very
much
is
another
type
of
online
personality
–
but
it
turned
out
the
final
one
was
the
slightly
more
tenuous
AMBASSADOR.
CREATIVE
instead
went
in
the
INSPIRED
yellow
group,
which
also
made
sense.
None
of
this
unduly
troubled
me,
because
this
was
another
relatively
easy
Connections
game,
and
I
ticked
off
the
others
with
no
real
problems.
How
did
you
do
today?
Send
me
an
email
and
let
me
know.
Yesterday’s
NYT
Connections
answers
(Monday,
23
September,
game
#470)
-
YELLOW:
NOT
SMOOTH,
AS
TERRAIN
BUMPY,
ROUGH,
RUGGED,
UNEVEN -
GREEN:
BIT
OF
LAND
FOR
GROWING
BED,
PARCEL,
PATCH,
PLOT -
BLUE:
MEMBER
OF
A
CARTOON
DUO
CHIP,
ROCKY,
SCRATCHY,
STITCH -
PURPLE:
___
PARK
AMUSEMENT,
NATIONAL,
PARALLEL,
SOUTH
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.