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
#472)
–
today’s
words
(Image
credit:
New
York
Times)
Today’s
NYT
Connections
words
are…
-
HAT
TRICK -
HOME
RUN - BROIL
- PAINT
-
SOAP
BOX -
TRIPLE
CROWN -
DROP
CLOTH - WINGS
- ROLLER
- KENTUCKY
- SPROUTS
- TRIFECTA
- DEMOLITION
- TAPE
- THREEPEAT
- CHEESESTEAK
NYT
Connections
today
(game
#472)
–
hint
#1
–
group
hints
What
are
some
clues
for
today’s
NYT
Connections
groups?
-
Yellow:
Sporting
win
Sporting
win
Sporting
win -
Green:
Just
add
paint -
Blue:
Eaten
in
a
certain
place? -
Purple:
Blank
[word
for
a
contest
between
rivals]
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
#472)
–
hint
#2
–
group
answers
What
are
the
answers
for
today’s
NYT
Connections
groups?
-
YELLOW:
TRIO
OF
SPORTS
ACHIEVEMENTS -
GREEN:
NEEDS
FOR
PAINTING
A
ROOM -
BLUE:
FOOD
NAMED
AFTER
CITIES -
PURPLE:
___
DERBY
Right,
the
answers
are
below,
so
DO
NOT
SCROLL
ANY
FURTHER
IF
YOU
DON’T
WANT
TO
SEE
THEM.
NYT
Connections
today
(game
#472)
–
the
answers
(Image
credit:
New
York
Times)
The
answers
to
today’s
Connections,
game
#472,
are…
-
YELLOW:
TRIO
OF
SPORTS
ACHIEVEMENTS
HAT
TRICK,
THREEPEAT,
TRIFECTA,
TRIPLE
CROWN -
GREEN:
NEEDS
FOR
PAINTING
A
ROOM
DROP
CLOTH,
PAINT,
ROLLER,
TAPE -
BLUE:
FOOD
NAMED
AFTER
CITIES
BROIL,
CHEESESTEAK,
SPROUTS,
WINGS -
PURPLE:
___
DERBY
DEMOLITION,
HOME
RUN,
KENTUCKY,
SOAP
BOX
-
My
rating:
Moderate -
My
score:
3
mistakes
I
nearly
failed
today’s
Connections
puzzle,
only
completing
the
final
group
on
my
final
guess.
But
in
my
defence,
a
couple
of
them
were
very
US-centric
connections
that
I
couldn’t
be
expected
to
solve,
given
that
I’m
not
in
the
US
and
have
never
lived
there.
Those
groups
were
blue
and
purple,
and
blue
in
particular
was
simply
impossible;
I’ve
heard
of
a
Philly
CHEESESTEAK
but
have
no
idea
what
SPROUTS,
WINGS
and
BROIL
refer
to.
Similarly,
on
the
purple
group
I
was
able
to
correctly
find
the
__DERBY
group
via
DEMOLITION,
KENTUCKY
and
SOAP
BOX,
but
guessed
ROLLER
rather
than
HOME
RUN.
I
presume
the
latter
is
related
to
baseball
in
some
way,
so
probably
should
have
spotted
it
as
a
possibility
sooner.
How
did
you
do
today?
Send
me
an
email
and
let
me
know.
Yesterday’s
NYT
Connections
answers
(Tuesday,
24
September,
game
#471)
-
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
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.