Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be tricky, so read on if you need pointers.
What should you do when you’re done? Of course, play some word games. I also have daily Wordle Hints and Answers, Strands Hints and Answers and Quordle Hints and Answers articles if you need help with those too.
SPOILER WARNING: 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 #541) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- COOKIE
- EMMY
- GRAMMY
- KATIE
- JUNIOR
- OSCAR
- SCENE
- POP
- C.E.C.E
- MUMMY
- COUNT
- WHEY
- SNIFF
- CUZ
- CARMELA
- EDIE
NYT Connections Today (Game #541) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Don’t argue with this family
- Vegetable: How are you, brother?
- Blue: Where’s Elmo?
- Purple: Evie could be another
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #541) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SOPRANOS
- GREEN: FAMILY NICKNAMES
- BLUE: ‘SESAME STREET’ CHARACTERS
- PURPLE: NAMES THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #541) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, game #541, are…
- YELLOW: SOPRANOS CARMELA, JUNIOR, MEADOW, TONY
- GREEN: FAMILY NICKNAMES CUZ, GRAMMY, MUMMY, POP
- BLUE: ‘SESAME STREET’ CHARACTERS COOKIE, COUNT, OSCAR, SNUFFY
- PURPLE: NAMES THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS CECE, EDIE, EMMY, KATIE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Failure
There were simply too many distractions in today’s Connections and I ended up losing a streak that hadn’t actually lasted that long.
The problems were many: I messed up the yellow SOPRANOS group, despite loving that show, by initially including EDIE, thinking of the actress who plays CARMELA, and leaving out MEADOW instead. Then I lost two more, thinking that OSCAR, GRAMMY, and EMMY were all awards shows, and that maybe there was one more that I didn’t know about; I guessed EDIE and SNUFFY, but they were both wrong, so I moved on.
Then I resolved green – which wasn’t that bad – before realizing that OSCAR, COUNT, and COOKIE were all SESAME STREET CHARACTERS. Unfortunately, it’s been a long time since I was a regular viewer (obviously!), so I didn’t know SNUFFY was the fourth. I probably should have guessed – I mean it sounds like a Sesame Street character, right? – but that’s how it goes sometimes. Oh well.
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, December 2, game #540)
- YELLOW: ANNOUNCES BROADCAST, DECLARE, ANNOUNCE, TRUMPET
- GREEN: THINGS RELATED TO HAMMERS Carpentry, CROQUET, WHAC-A-MOLE, XYLOPHONE
- BLUE: ICON EMBROIDERED ON A POLO SHIRT CROCODILE, LAUREL, POLO PLAYER, SWOOSH
- PURPLE: ___ CLAMP ALLIGATOR, HAIR, PAPER, VIDEO
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of the New York Times’ increasingly popular word games. It challenges you 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 little harder, blue is often quite tough, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t have to solve the last question, because you can answer it by a process of elimination. Plus, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you some breathing room.
It’s a bit more complicated than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, beware of homophones and other word games that can obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.