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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you’re looking for Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Wednesday, March 4 (Thu #997).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the clever word game from the New York Times that challenges you to group answers into different categories. This can be difficult, so read on if you need tips on connections.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #998) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- ALTERNATE
- HERO
- TO FALL OVER
- BOLT
- REPLACEMENT
- SANDBOX
- BELOW
- TOGGLE
- NUT
- LABORATORY
- WASHER
- SUBMARINE
- INCUBATOR
- TO CHANGE
- SCREW
- TEST BENCH
NYT Connections today (game #998) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Workshop essentials
- GREEN: Places to try things
- BLUE: Move between
- PURPLE: Reversing a “bus”?
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 riddles…
NYT Connections today (game #998) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: EQUIPMENT
- GREEN: PLACES WHERE IDEAS DEVELOP
- BLUE: COME AND GO
- PURPLE: WHAT “SUB” MIGHT REFER TO
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #998) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #998 are…
- YELLOW: PIECES OF MATERIAL BOLT, NUT, SCREW, WASHER
- GREEN: PLACES WHERE IDEAS DEVELOP INCUBATOR, LABORATORY, SANDBOX, TEST BENCH
- BLUE: COMING AND GOING ALTERNATIVE, TOGGLE, SWITCH, TOGGLE
- PURPLE: WHAT “SUB” COULD REFER TO BELOW, HERO, REPLACEMENT, SUBMARINE
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
Today’s connections started out great for me, then went so well that I think it was either really easy or I’m a genius. It’s almost certainly the former.
At first glance, there was an obvious collection of words themed around mechanical things: BOLT and NUT and SCREW and WASHER. I put them together expecting it to be some sort of red herring, but no, that was all it took for the yellow.
I had the same feeling about PLACES WHERE IDEAS ARE DEVELOPED and then COMING AND GOING: surely it can’t be that simple?
That said, I don’t think I would have ever gotten the purple group together, not least because I have no idea why SUB would refer to a HERO. What am I missing here?
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday March 4, match #997)
- YELLOW: CONTINUE DOG, SHADOW, TAIL, TRACK
- GREEN: SPORTY FAIR, HONEST, SPORTING, SQUARE
- BLUE: CLASSIC GIFTS FOR CHILDREN BIKE, BOOK, TOY, VIDEO GAME
- PURPLE: “___ GIRL” TITLES GONE, GOSSIP, NEW, WORK
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little more difficult, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the final question, as you will be able to answer it through a process of elimination. Additionally, you can make up to four mistakes, giving you some breathing room.
However, it’s a bit more complex than something like Wordle, and the game provides plenty of opportunities to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that could obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games website on computer or mobile.
