By Looking for a different day?
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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, February 10 (game #610).
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 #611) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MAD
- MAN
- HUB
- BUB
- NIGHT
- MAT
- BUD
- TUG
- JACK
- WRENCH
- BLOCK
- JERK
- STRAP
- KNEE
- YANK
- BOLSTER
NYT Connections today (game #611) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Pull the other one
- GREEN: Rhymes with duster
- BLUE: Namaste
- PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with nap
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 #611) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WREST
- GREEN: BUSTER
- BLUE: YOGA ACCESSORIES
- PURPLE: _ CAP
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #611) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #611, are…
- YELLOW: WREST JERK, TUG, WRENCH, YANK
- GREEN: BUSTER BUB, BUD, JACK, MAN
- BLUE: YOGA ACCESSORIES BLOCK, BOLSTER, MAT, STRAP
- PURPLE: _ CAP HUB, KNEE, MAD, NIGHT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
Whenever Connections has one of its three-letter word days I can feel my brain seizing up and I have to speak out loud to try to make sense of it all. That’s how I got _ CAP — repeating KNEE over and over like I was going MAD.
YOGA ACCESSORIES was the most gettable and I’m annoyed at myself that I didn’t spot it sooner, as I’m a big fan of trying to do yoga. I wouldn’t say I actually “do it”, though. Well, apart from the corpse pose; I’m great at that one.
As for BUSTER, I think this must be one of those US-UK cultural blindspots as I’ve still got no idea what connects BUB, BUD, JACK and MAN.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, 10 February, game #610)
- YELLOW: SPRINKLE DUST, PEPPER, SCATTER, SHOWER
- GREEN: SCENTS OF WINE AROMA, BOUQUET, NOSE, NOTE
- BLUE: “AAH, ENOUGH!” MERCY, STOP, TRUCE, UNCLE
- PURPLE: WORDS FAMOUSLY PRONOUNCED DIFFERENT WAYS AUNT, EITHER, TOMATO, VASE
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.
