NYT Connections Today – Game #479 – Today’s Words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- JOKER
- DICE
- CHANCE
- CASINO
- OCTOPUS
- SLOT MACHINE
- CUBE
- GAMBLE
- SLICE
- BET
- SHIVA
- JULIENNE
- HEAT
- VENUS DE MILO
- RISK
- TAXI DRIVER
NYT Connections Today – Game #479 – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Play the odds
- Green: Cut differently
- Blue: Cape Fear is another
- Purple: You’ll need to be armed with this knowledge
NYT Connections Today – Game #479 – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PUT ON THE LINE
- GREEN: USE A KITCHEN KNIFE
- BLUE: ROBERT DE NIRO FILMS
- PURPLE: DISTINCTIVE NUMBER OF ARMS (OR LACK THEREOF)
NYT Connections Today – Game #479 – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #479, are…
- YELLOW: PUT ON THE LINE – BET, CHANCE, GAMBLE, RISK
- GREEN: USE A KITCHEN KNIFE – CUBE, DICE, JULIENNE, SLICE
- BLUE: ROBERT DE NIRO FILMS – CASINO, HEAT, JOKER, TAXI DRIVER
- PURPLE: DISTINCTIVE NUMBER OF ARMS (OR LACK THEREOF) – OCTOPUS, SHIVA, SLOT MACHINE, VENUS DE MILO
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I’m always pleased with myself when I solve the purple group early on. That’s because it’s supposedly the most difficult of the four, and even if that isn’t always the case it is usually the one with the most interesting format, in that it’s rarely just synonyms for another word as yellow and green often are. Today, purple was a really creative one – DISTINCTIVE NUMBER OF ARMS (OR LACK THEREOF). I focused on VENUS DE MILO, which seemed to only have a couple of possible connections to anything: it’s a statue, a work of art, and a figure without arms. Looking at the board, I spotted OCTOPUS and then SHIVA, and though it took me a while to realize that SLOT MACHINE also fitted, I was delighted when all four proved to be right. The other three groups were mundane by comparison – although I’ll never not enjoy thinking about ROBERT DE NIRO FILMS…
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Tuesday, 1 October, Game #478)
- YELLOW: FLUSTERED STATE – LATHER, STEW, SWEAT, TIZZY
- GREEN: FITNESS – CONDITION, FORM, HEALTH, SHAPE
- BLUE: FAST-MOVING WATER – CASCADE, CURRENT, RAPID, WAVE
- PURPLE: DISHWASHER CYCLES – NORMAL, QUICK, RINSE, SANITIZE
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.