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 Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, July 29 (game #779).
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 #780) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MONORAIL
- VOILA
- ORGAN
- TRIANGLE
- GROAN
- TRAIN
- ABUT
- VEHICLE
- MEDIUM
- BULGE
- COACH
- TETRACYCLINE
- DIRECT
- DIOXIDE
- INSTRUMENT
- GUIDE
NYT Connections today (game #780) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Show them the way
- GREEN: You’ve got a platform
- BLUE: Begin with an ancient language
- PURPLE: Jumbled orchestra
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 #780) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INSTRUCT
- GREEN: MEANS
- BLUE: STARTING WITH GREEK NUMERICAL PREFIXES
- PURPLE: ANAGRAMS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #780) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #780, are…
- YELLOW: INSTRUCT COACH, DIRECT, GUIDE, TRAIN
- GREEN: MEANS INSTRUMENT, MEDIUM, ORGAN, VEHICLE
- BLUE: STARTING WITH GREEK NUMERICAL PREFIXES DIOXIDE, MONORAIL, TETRACYCLINE, TRIANGLE
- PURPLE: ANAGRAMS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ABUT, BULGE, GROAN, VOILA
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
Some days every group could be yellow, today they could all have been purple.
I felt very smug for getting STARTING WITH GREEK NUMERICAL PREFIXES – the trigger was seeing nothing else medicinal to connect with TETRACYCLINE, so I figured it had to do with the start of the word.
INSTRUCT came next – although initially I did think the connection was transportation, but then I hit the buffers and was left with eight random words and no discernible link between any of them.
All I had was that GROAN was an anagram of ORGAN. Then after a couple of mistakes I saw the others. Quite the struggle.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, July 29, game #779)
- YELLOW: DISCOUNT DEAL, PROMOTION, SALE, SPECIAL
- GREEN: IRRITATE BUG, NETTLE, RUFFLE, STEAM
- BLUE: POKER ACTIONS CALL, CHECK, FOLD, RAISE
- PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN PUMP BRAKES, FIST, GAS, IRON
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.
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