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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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, April 14 (game #673).
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 #674) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- BELL
- REFRAIN
- SPEED
- CHORUS
- BRIDGE
- HUBRIS
- DARLING
- HEARTS
- HOOK
- AVOID
- HERO
- CEASE
- SPOONS
- PAN
- ABSTAIN
- TRAGEDY
NYT Connections today (game #674) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Not involved
- GREEN: Play with a deck
- BLUE: Parts of a classic play
- PURPLE: People in JM Barrie’s classic
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 #674) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DESIST
- GREEN: CARD GAMES
- BLUE: ELEMENTS OF GREEK DRAMA
- PURPLE: SECOND WORDS OF “PETER PAN” CHARACTERS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #674) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #674, are…
- YELLOW: DESIST ABSTAIN, AVOID, CEASE, REFRAIN
- GREEN: CARD GAMES BRIDGE, HEARTS, SPEED, SPOONS
- BLUE: ELEMENTS OF GREEK DRAMA CHORUS, HERO, HUBRIS, TRAGEDY
- PURPLE: SECOND WORDS OF “PETER PAN” CHARACTERS BELL, DARLING, HOOK, PAN
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Fail
I failed completely again, wasting a lot of time barking up the wrong trees.
After getting DESIST fairly easily I struggled with the remaining 12 words. I was convinced there was a group about songwriting with BRIDGE, HOOK and CHORUS all being key elements of a hit tune. Scrambling for the fourth word I included BELL and got the dreaded “groups of four” pop-up.
After another mistake, I switched to collecting a group associated with Peter Pan – PAN and HOOK were locks but I went down a dead-end route and thought we were looking for elements of a particular scene, so I included BELL and BRIDGE, all very tenuous.
With “one away” I really should have got the purple group, but I made the wrong choices and went for HERO and TRAGEDY.
Two defeats in a row is not a good look.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, 14 April, game #673)
- YELLOW: RESTRICT BLOCK, CHECK, DAM, STOP
- GREEN: TICKETED EVENTS CONCERT, GAME, MOVIE, PLAY
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH THE GAME THE OREGON TRAIL
- DYSENTERY, FORD, HUNT, OXEN
- PURPLE: WHAT “FORD” MIGHT REFER TO ACTOR, CAR, DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT
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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