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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Wednesday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, March 12 (game #640).
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 Connections hints.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #641) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- SPIN
- ART
- WAVE
- FLAG
- FLOP
- ANGLE
- WILT
- TURN
- ANON
- RIVER
- WHISTLE
- SLANT
- HOLE
- HAIL
- BIAS
- THOU
NYT Connections today (game #641) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Taking sides
- GREEN: Get their attention
- BLUE: Poker variant
- PURPLE: Used by the Bard
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 #641) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PARTIALITY
- GREEN: SIGNAL DOWN, AS A TAXI
- BLUE: CARDS IN TEXAS HOLD 'EM
- PURPLE: SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #641) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #641, are…
- YELLOW: PARTIALITY ANGLE, BIAS, SLANT, SPIN
- GREEN: SIGNAL DOWN, AS A TAXI FLAG, HAIL, WAVE, WHISTLE
- BLUE: CARDS IN TEXAS HOLD 'EM FLOP, HOLE, RIVER, TURN
- PURPLE: SHAKESPEAREAN WORDS ANON, ART, THOU, WILT
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
A very gettable Connections today, but a little tricksy. I managed to solve all the groups, but in every case had a different idea for what linked them together.
My mistake was thinking that there was a group that was about waning, with FLAG, WILT, FLOP and SLANT. Having dismissed that I saw that there could be a group about politics linking SPIN and BIAS.
I thought SIGNAL DOWN, AS A TAXI was to do with getting someone’s attention, so I was sort of correct, while I thought ART and WILT were names and added in THOU and ANON as they sounded similarly ancient.
And thus I bungled my way to glory. It doesn’t matter how you get there, just that you get there.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, 12 March, game #640)
- YELLOW: INGREDIENTS IN CLASSIC POUND CAKE BUTTER, EGGS, FLOUR, SUGAR
- GREEN: THINGS THAT ARE RED CARDINAL, ELMO, KETCHUP, ROSE
- BLUE: WORDS SAID TO HAVE NO EXACT RHYMES MONTH, ORANGE, PURPLE, SILVER
- PURPLE: CANDY COTTON, EYE, JOHN, ROCK
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.