NYT Connections today – my hints and answers for Wednesday January 22 (game #591)
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 #591) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BOXER
- SLOT
- SEIZURE
- LABORATORY
- CHIN
- RIGHT
- PIT
- LAWYER
- READING
- HOLE
- WIZARD
- DISCUSSION
- COUNT
- SOIL
- SEMINAR
- MONK
NYT Connections Today (Game #591) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for current NYT Connections groups?
- VEGETABLES: Can you dig it?
- YELLOW: Learning formats
- BLUE: Buy a cape, wear a cape, work
- PURPLE: Add the opposite of “down.”
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 #591) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- GREEN: RESULTS FROM SOME DIGS
- YELLOW: TYPES OF ACADEMIC COURSES
- BLUE: Those wearing robes
- PURPLE: ___ UP
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #591) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, game #591, are…
- GREEN: RESULTS FROM SOME DIGS BIG, HOLE, PIT, GUUL
- YELLOW: TYPES OF ACADEMIC COURSES DISCUSSION, LAB, LECTURE, SEMINAR
- BLUE: Those wearing robes BOXER, JUDGE, MONK, WIZARD
- PURPLE: ___ UP SEIZURE, BOTTOM, CHIN, LAWYER
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
As someone who spends most of his life almost exclusively in denim and fleece, the idea of having to wear a bathrobe to work seems bizarre in the extreme – although it might add a touch of panache to my day of sitting in front of a laptop and pretend work.
It’s really strange when you think about it, and who decided that those who wore robes had to wear robes anyway? Of the quartet in today’s Connections, a robe makes the most sense for a boxer, since he wears so little underneath him. Plus, they look good with your name on the back – something JUDGE and MONK robe dealers could perhaps learn from?
Just one mistake from me today as I thought for a moment that TYPES OF ACADEMIC COURSES MIGHT INCLUDE JUDGE. What a fool.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, January 21, game #590)
- YELLOW: PUTDOWN BARB, BARS, GRAVES, LIGHTS
- GREEN: SMALL SIMILARITY DOLL, FIGURE, MINIATURE, MODEL
- BLUE: USED TO MAKE SNOW PLOW, SALT, SAND, SHOVEL
- PURPLE: DOCTORS IN POP CULTURE NO, OCTOPUS, PEPPER, WHO
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.