NYT Connections Today – My Hints and Answers for Saturday, December 28 (Game #566)
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 #566) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- MINEFIELD
- HABIT
- ITSY
- HORNETS NEST
- PANDORA’S BOX
- HERSHEIJ
- PIECE OF CAKE
- AEGIS
- HISTAMINE
- CERTAINLY
- APPLE OF DISCORD
- TYRES
- SIMPLE
- GOLDEN FLEECE
- CAN
- NO SWEAT
NYT Connections Today (Game #566) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Hassle-free
- VEGETABLES: Mythological objects
- BLUE: Start these things up
- PURPLE: Whose it is
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 #566) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “NOTHING!”
- GREEN: OBJECTS FROM GREEK MYTH
- BLUE: Proverbial things to kick
- PURPLE: START WITH POSSESSIVE PRINCIPAL
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #566) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #566 are…
- YELLOW: “NOTHING!” EASY, NO SWEAT, HAPPY, SURE
- GREEN: OBJECTS FROM GREEK MYTH AEGIS, DISCORD APPLE, GOLDEN FLEECE, PANDORA’S BOX
- BLUE: Proverbial things to kick CAN, HABIT, HORNET SEST, BANDS
- PURPLE: START WITH POSSESSIVE PRINCIPAL HERSHEY, HISTAMINE, ITSY, MIJNVELD
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
As someone who is known to kick the CAN aside when it comes to jobs around the house, I really should have been given the proverbial things to kick first.
Instead, I wasted a guess thinking that HORNET’S NEST and PANDORA’S BOX belonged to the same group of four, and mistakenly thinking that GOLDEN FLEECE was a famous ship (that would be the Golden Hinde). I had never heard of APPLE OR DISCORD, even though it sums up many of my MacBook problems over the years, but it was AEGIS that helped me sort it all out today.
Not seeing any connection to the last groups, I stared at the words for a few minutes before the brain clicked and I saw hers, his, his, and mine at the beginning of the words for the Purple group.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, December 27, game #565)
- YELLOW: BREAKFAST SIDES BACON, GRITS, HASH, TOAST
- GREEN: PRESS, AS A BUTTON CLICK, HITS, PRESS, TAP
- BLUE: THEY HAVE A HORN AFRICA, BUGLER, CAR, UNICORN
- PURPLE: OSCAR WINNING ACTORS BRIDGES, IRONS, PHOENIX, WASHINGTON
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 slightly harder, blue is often quite hard, and purple is usually very hard.
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.