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 #822) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- DONKEY
- KONG
- BAD
- COBRA
- BARREL
- RACE
- TUT
- TSK
- FLY
- FOLEY
- TUT TUT
- CAKE
- DOLITTLE
- SHAME
- ZIP
- AKEEM
NYT Connections today (game #822) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Disappointment in someone
- GREEN: Get there fast
- BLUE: Parts played by the same comedy actor
- PURPLE: Precede with a royal position
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 #822) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER!”
- GREEN: MOVE QUICKLY
- BLUE: EDDIE MURPHY ROLES
- PURPLE: KING __
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #822) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #822, are…
- YELLOW: “YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER!” BAD, SHAME, TSK, TUT TUT
- GREEN: MOVE QUICKLY BARREL, FLY, RACE, ZIP
- BLUE: EDDIE MURPHY ROLES AKEEM, DOLITTLE, DONKEY, FOLEY
- PURPLE: KING __ CAKE, COBRA, KONG, TUT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
I was on the right track today when I made my mistake, guessing TUT instead of TUT TUT. A doubly annoying error as I only had eight tiles left at the time.
Ignoring the DONKEY KONG trap/joke I got the EDDIE MURPHY ROLES group first, largely on the back of FOLEY, his character in the brilliant Beverly Hills Cop, the other roles being AKEEM from Coming To America, the eponymous DOLITTLE, and DONKEY from Shrek.
Following my TUT/TUT TUT confusion I managed to get the four tiles that made up “YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER” – a good thing, too, as I’d never heard of King CAKE, as it’s yet to make it to the UK and will be likely turned away by the baking authorities for being too colorful.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, September 9, game #821)
- YELLOW: FINISHED COMPLETE, DONE, OVER, THROUGH
- GREEN: THINGS WITH SHELLS EGG, HARD TACO, M&M, SNAIL
- BLUE: SWIG BELT, GULP, SHOT, SLUG
- PURPLE: __DOG BULL, LAP, UNDER, WATCH
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.
