NYT Connections Today – My Hints and Answers for Monday, December 30 (Game #568)
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 Strands Hints and Answers and Quordle Hints and Answers articles if you need help with those too, while Marc’s Wordle Today page covers the original viral word game.
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 #568) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- PINK
- PONY
- CLUB
- AEROPLANE
- SLICER
- WATER
- ANTE
- HERO
- WRAP
- ARRANGEMENT
- DANGER
- BEANS
- Yahoo
- FILTER
- MELTING
- COUGH
NYT Connections Today (Game #568) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of sandwiches
- VEGETABLES: Cup of Joe
- BLUE: Finance at top level
- PURPLE: Missing punctuation marks
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 #568) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LUNCH ORDERS
- GREEN: USED TO MAKE COFFEE
- BLUE: PAY, WITH “UP”
- PURPLE: NAMES WITH “!”
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #568) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #568 are…
- YELLOW: LUNCH ORDERS CLUB, HERO, MELT, WRAP
- GREEN: USED TO MAKE COFFEE BEANS, FILTER, GRINDER, WATER
- BLUE: PAY, WITH “UP” ANTE, COUGH, PONY, SETTEL
- PURPLE: NAMES WITH “!” AIRPLANE, DANGER, PINK, Yahoo
- My rating: Difficult
- My score: 3 mistakes
According to Branding magazine, putting an exclamation point at the end of a name “brings energy and enthusiasm into the brand identity system,” which makes you wonder why all companies don’t just add an exclamation point.
Part of the reason why this isn’t the case is what the experts call ‘tonality’; for example, it wouldn’t work for a funeral company. When some people see an exclamation point, they imagine the word being shouted – in the newspaper industry they called them shouters.
All four NAMES WITH “!” use the mark in different ways: ironic, excited, enthusiastic and, in P!nk’s case, an upside-down i.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, December 29, game #567)
- YELLOW: SHADES OF RED BRICK, CHERRY, MARROW, RUBY
- GREEN: APPOINTMENT SPECIFICATIONS DATE, DURATION, LOCATION, TIME
- BLUE: DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF HAIR MAIN, LOCK, BEACH, WISP
- PURPLE: TREE HOMOPHONES BEACH, FUR, COUPLE, YOU
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.