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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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, March 9 (game #637).
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 #638) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MONA LISA
- STATUE OF LIBERTY
- BOWLING
- SPHYNX
- VENUS DE MILO
- JOKER
- RUSSIAN BLUE
- RUG
- WHITE RUSSIAN
- LIBERTY BELL
- COMEDY MASK
- TURKISH ANGORA
- RAGAMUFFIN
- CHESHIRE CAT
- BATHROBE
- TOWER OF PISA
NYT Connections today (game #638) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of kitty
- PURPLE: Coen Brothers classic
- BLUE: Altered tourist attractions
- GREEN: All-star grins
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 #638) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CAT BREEDS
- PURPLE: ASSOCIATED WITH “THE DUDE” LEBOWSKI
- BLUE: ATTRACTIONS ICONICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THEIR ORIGINAL
- FORMS
- GREEN: FAMOUS SMILES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #638) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #638, are…
- YELLOW: CAT BREEDS RAGAMUFFIN, RUSSIAN BLUE, SPHYNX, TURKISH ANGORA
- GREEN: FAMOUS SMILES CHESHIRE CAT, COMEDY MASK, JOKER, MONA LISA
- BLUE: ATTRACTIONS ICONICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THEIR ORIGINAL FORMS LIBERTY BELL, STATUE OF LIBERTY, TOWER OF PISA, VENUS DE MILO
- PURPLE: ASSOCIATED WITH “THE DUDE” LEBOWSKI BATHROBE, BOWLING, RUG, WHITE RUSSIAN
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
Even though I guessed there was a CAT BREEDS category from my first look at the grid, I still made hard work of it. I thoughtlessly put WHITE RUSSIAN instead of RAGAMUFFIN. It was the realization that it was The Dude’s beverage of choice that set me on the right path.
My errors didn’t end there, though. Despite deducing Tourist Attractions was a link I tried to make a group containing MONA LISA rather than LIBERTY BELL, confusion which I can’t help but suspect was part of today’s cunning plan to baffle players.
Mona Lisa and CHESHIRE CAT aside, FAMOUS SMILES was quite the stretch. The JOKER maybe makes the cut, but COMEDY MASK?
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, 9 March, game #637)
- YELLOW: COMPUTER INPUT DEVICES MICROPHONE, MOUSE, SCANNER, TABLET
- GREEN: BUILDING MATERIALS BRICK, CONCRETE, METAL, STONE
- BLUE: HELPFUL DEED FAVOR, KINDNESS, SERVICE, SOLID
- PURPLE: #1 SONGS FROM 1982 ABRACADABRA, CENTERFOLD, MICKEY, PHYSICAL
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.
