Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that requires you to sort answers into different categories. This can be tricky, so read on if you need clues.
What should you do when you’re done? Play some word games, of course. I also have daily articles with tips and answers for Wordle, Strands and Quordle if you need help with those too.
SPOILER ALERT: Information about today’s NYT Connections is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (Game No. 455) – the words of the day
The words of NYT Connections today are…
- FROST
- BEACH
- PUMP
- POPE
- RACING
- BISHOP
- PETSHOP
- POUND
- WINTER HARDY
- HIT
- BEFORE
- BAKE
- THROWING
- BAD
- PREHEAT
- PASTOR
NYT Connections Today (Game #455) – Clue #1 – Group Clues
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Cooking instructions
- Green: Coronary measures
- Blue: Religious positions
- Purple: empty (no girls)
Need more advice?
Now we’re moving into the spoiler zone, but read on if you want to know the four topic answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #455) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: VERBS IN A CAKE RECIPE
- GREEN: WHAT A HEART DOES WHEN IT IS EXCITED
- BLUE: CHURCH TITLE
- PURPLE: ___ BOYS
That’s right, the answers are below, SO DON’T SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (Game No. 455) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #455 are…
- YELLOW: VERBS IN A CAKE RECIPE BAKING, BEATING, PROOFING, PREHEATING
- GREEN: WHAT A HEART DOES WHEN IT IS EXCITED PUMPING, PUMPING, RACING, POLLEN
- BLUE: CHURCH TITLE BISHOP, PASTOR, POPE, PRIOR
- PURPLE: ___ BOYS BATH, BEACH, HARDY, PET SHOP
- My rating: Moderate
- My result: 2 errors
Today’s compound puzzle is full of misdirection. Almost every group had a different answer that could have been entered, and there were several other possible compounds that turned out to be dead ends. For example, take BEAT, BAKE, FROST, PREHEAT – which ultimately formed the yellow, easiest group, VERBS IN A CAKE RECIPE: POUND could also have been a recipe word, and I tried that with various other combinations before I got the right quartet. And similarly, the group WHAT A HEART DOES WHEN EXCITED (green) could easily have contained BEAT if it was just WHAT A HEART DOES.
Luckily, purple was a relatively easy (blank) format today. When I saw PET SHOP, I immediately thought of “BOYS” and it wasn’t hard to identify BEACH, HARDY and BAD as members of that group. The same goes for the blue group ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES. So overall not too difficult, but far from child’s play (even when cakes were a theme).
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, September 7, Game #454)
- YELLOW: WAYS TO TRANSFORM AN IMAGE CROP, MIRROR, ROTATE, SCALE
- GREEN: THINGS USED IN GOLF BALL, DRIVER, GLOVE, TEE
- BLUE: AQUARIUM PURCHASES FILTER, PUMP, STONE, TANK
- PURPLE: LOGOS WITH HORSES COACH, GODIVA, MUSTANG, POLO
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games from the New York Times. You have to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a bit harder, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
The upside is that you don’t technically have to solve the final puzzle, as you can solve it by process of elimination. Plus, you’re allowed to make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little wiggle room.
It is a bit more complicated than Wordle, however, and has many ways to trick you. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that could obscure the answers.
It can be played for free on desktop or mobile via the NYT Games site.