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 #626) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- DASH
- PAST
- LATE
- COMER
- BARGE
- UNDERSCORE
- MINUS
- CHARGE
- RATE
- BAGGIE
- COST
- PRIOR
- PISA
- PRICE
- FORMER
- HYPHEN
NYT Connections today (game #626) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Finances
- GREEN: They’re history
- BLUE: Straight punctuation
- PURPLE: Slightly altered Springfield residents
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 #626) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: EXPENDITURE
- GREEN: ONETIME
- BLUE: MADE WITH HORIZONTAL LINES
- PURPLE: SIMPSON FAMILY MEMBERS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #626) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #626, are…
- YELLOW: EXPENDITURE CHARGE, COST, PRICE, RATE
- GREEN: ONETIME FORMER, LATE, PAST, PRIOR
- BLUE: MADE WITH HORIZONTAL LINES DASH, HYPHEN, MINUS, UNDERSCORE
- PURPLE: SIMPSON FAMILY MEMBERS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED BAGGIE, BARGE, COMER, PISA
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
There were lots of common pairs today (LATE, COMER) that, as ever, it was wise to ignore and instead BARGE PAST on the way to a classic Connections solution involving something grammatical, something ambiguous and something to do with The Simpsons.
UNDERSCORE could get a group of its own, considering that you can also call it an understrike, an underline, and an underbar. It’s a form of punctuation that was once rare, the preserve of teachers and angry letter writers, but has now become more common. It has even developed a new lease of life in passwords, email addresses and when it’s used to denote a missing word where otherwise there would otherwise just be white space. Of all the punctuation MADE WITH HORIZONTAL LINES it is by far the coolest.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 25 February, game #625)
- YELLOW: ENTHUSIASM GUSTO, PASSION, RELISH, ZEST
- GREEN: “MANY” IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES BEAUCOUP, MOLTO, MUCHO, MULTI
- BLUE: RECTANGULAR PRISMS BRICK, FISH TANK, MICROWAVE, SHOEBOX
- PURPLE: RHYME WITH U.S. COINS JENNY, LIME, MORTAR, PICKLE
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.
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