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 (set #980) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- CALLIOPE
- SUPERIORITY
- Mister LOYAL
- ATLAS
- OEDIPUS
- NOZZLE
- ECHO
- ELECTRA
- TRACE
- DIALECT
- INFERIORITY
- DICTIONARY
- THESAURUS
- REMINDER
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
- VESTIGE
NYT Connections today (game #980) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Informational volumes
- GREEN: The turmoil of memories
- BLUE: Psychological problems
- PURPLE: Start with analog contacts
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 #980) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: REFERENCE WORKS
- GREEN: SOMETHING THAT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES
- BLUE: TYPES OF COMPLEXES
- PURPLE: START WITH WAYS TO REACH SOMEONE BY PHONE
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #980) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #980 are…
- YELLOW: REFERENCE WORKS ATLAS, DICTIONARY, ENCYCLOPEDIA, THESAURUS
- GREEN: SOMETHING THAT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES ECHO, REMINDER, TRACE, VESTIGE
- BLUE: TYPES OF COMPLEXES ELECTRA, INFERIORITY, OEDIPUS, SUPERIORITY
- PURPLE: START WITH WAYS TO REACH SOMEONE BY PHONE NOZZLE, CALLIOPE, DIALECT, RINGMASTER
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
I’m sure there are more than the four TYPES OF COMPLEX listed among today’s tiles and that’s where I made my mistake – including RINGMASTER instead of ELECTRA. I imagine the ringmaster complex as someone who must take control and direct any social event, much like a circus master. This could be a thing, surely?
Anyway, I added ELECTRA and narrowed my errors down to one.
I’m old enough to know many of the words in STARTING WITH WAYS TO REACH SOMEONE BY PHONE – a list that lacks bells and jingles. Did you know that the greeting suggested by the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, when he answered was “ahoy hoy”? Very civilized.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, February 14, match #979)
- YELLOW: INCREASE HIKE, JUMP, RISE, SPIKE
- GREEN: PROTUBERANCE Bump, bump, bump, mound
- BLUE: ROLES OF TOM HANKS GUMP, PHILLIPS, SULLY, WOODY
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “MINT” BLOW, JUNIOR, PEPPER, SPEAR
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.
