Good morning! Let’s play Connections, a clever word game from The New York Times that challenges you to sort your answers into categories. This can be difficult, so if you need a clue, keep reading.
What should you do when you’re done? Of course, play more word games. I also have a daily routine Link hints and answers and Quordle Tips and Answers If you too need help with these articles, and Mark’s Wordle today Page covers the original viral word game.
Spoiler alert: Today’s information about NYT Connections is below, so if you don’t want to know the answers, don’t read on.
Today’s New York Times Wire (Game #559) – Today’s Words
Today’s New York Times Wired is…
- orchestra
- sled
- Nonsense
- pan
- bunk
- complain
- circle
- canopy
- cylinder
- oxygen
- statue
- pot
- ring
- Murphy
- casserole
- hoop
Today’s New York Times Wire (Game #559) – Tip #1 – Group Tips
What clues are there for today’s NYT Connections panel?
- Yellow: circumference
- Green: baking
- Blue: Sleepy?
- Purple: What do the Academy and Oscar Wilde have in common?
Need more clues?
We’re getting into spoiler territory now, but if you’re wondering what the four-topic answers to today’s New York Times Connect puzzle are, read on…
Today’s New York Times Connection (Game #559) – Tip #2 – Group Answers
What’s the answer from today’s NYT Connections panel?
- Yellow: loop
- Green: cooking vessel
- Blue: Type of bed
- Purple: Something called “Oscar”
Yes, the answers are right below, so don’t keep scrolling if you don’t want to see them.
Today’s New York Times Wire (Game #559)—Answers
Today’s answer to Wired Game #559 is…
- Yellow: loop belt, hoop, hoop, ring
- Green: cooking vessel Casserole, crock pot, pan, pot
- Blue: Type of bed bunk beds, canopy, murphy, sleigh
- Purple: Something called “Oscar” gibberish, whining, O, figurine
- My rating: ease
- My results: 1 error
Even though I only have eight words left, I still have trouble finding one of the last two sets of four words today.
I knew BUNK and CANOPY were beds, but couldn’t think of what the other two might be, and wrongly guessed O, I thought it might be what you call those big round beds, the ones with big houses and huge collections of soft furnishings Human toys may have. It’s not. But I discovered that the American name for those clever beds that fold up against the wall is MURPHY.
Google “Murphy Bed” you will find that accidents or the fear of accidents are a major concern for owners and future owners. As it turned out, their fears were unfounded – despite its reputation as farce. A recent report looked at injuries over 24 years and found that Murphy beds caused zero deaths. On the other hand, in the United States, ceiling fans kill about 25 people every year. Every day is a school day!
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, December 20, Game #558)
- yellow: mixture cocktail, compound, mixture, solution
- Green: sentence type command, exclamation, question, statement
- Blue: various brothers Cryptocurrency, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology
- Purple: homophones for complaining planting, cutting, whale, wine
What is the New York Times Link?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games produced by The New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that have something in common, each with a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little hard, blue is usually very hard, and purple is usually very hard.
On the bright side, technically you don’t need to solve the last question because you can answer it by process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
However, it’s a bit more complex than a game like Wordle, and the game has plenty of opportunities to trip you up with tricks. For example, be on the lookout for homonyms and other wordplay that might obscure the answer.
It can be played for free via New York Times Gaming Website On desktop or mobile device.