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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, April 4 (game #663).
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 #664) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- CROSSWORD
- TIME
- STAR
- SIGN
- RAINBOW
- MENU
- CONTRACT
- BILLBOARD
- BANNER
- PEOPLE
- GRIMACE
- ENGAGE
- RETAIN
- HEADER
- SEMBLANCE
- SIDEBAR
NYT Connections today (game #664) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: On the job
- GREEN: Online
- BLUE: Glossy read
- PURPLE: Words that include weaponry
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 #664) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: EMPLOY
- GREEN: PARTS OF A WEBSITE
- BLUE: MAGAZINES
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH MEDIEVAL WEAPONS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #664) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #664, are…
- YELLOW: EMPLOY CONTRACT, ENGAGE, RETAIN, SIGN
- GREEN: PARTS OF A WEBSITE BANNER, HEADER, MENU, SIDEBAR
- BLUE: MAGAZINES BILLBOARD, PEOPLE, STAR, TIME
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH MEDIEVAL WEAPONS CROSSWORD, GRIMACE, RAINBOW, SEMBLANCE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 mistakes
I’m guilty of reading categories I don’t solve really quickly and mentally telling myself “yeah, whatever”.
So, today, I didn’t initially see the words “ENDING WITH” and was all ready to say how amazing it was that there was an ancient weapon called the CROSSWORD – I’m imagining it only killed someone once you completed 13 across blows and 13 downward blows.
Anyway, the fact is that I completely missed the words SWORD, MACE, BOW, and LANCE hidden in plain sight, despite almost daily thinking there is some Connections category about Medieval warfare.
My first mistake today came by impulsively guessing that I was collecting the characters of some imaginary Pee-wee Herman-style children’s TV show — so I had STAR, RAINBOW, GRIMACE and TIME.
Admittedly, this would be a pretty terrible TV show — sales of Grimmace dolls would be very poor. Then, ignoring the fact that there was a similar category on Thursday, I thought BILLBOARD, MENU, HEADER and BANNER were printed items, before “one away” made me see PARTS OF A WEBSITE.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, 4 April, game #663)
- YELLOW: WHAT'S LEFTOVER BALANCE, DIFFERENCE, REMAINDER, REST
- GREEN: CAR TRIP CRUISE, DRIVE, RIDE, SPIN
- BLUE: BASEBALL VENUES DIAMOND, FIELD, PARK, STADIUM
- PURPLE: COMPANIES WITH "E" REMOVED BAY, HARMONY, INK, TRADE
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.