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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, February 5 (game #605).
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 #606) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
GREATLAMPDIZZYGIRAFFECOUNTLIGHTNOBLEFAINTGUITARDUKECABGRANDSOFTBOTTLELOFTYMILD
NYT Connections today (game #606) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Dainty wordsGREEN: Over-sized in spirit BLUE: They all share a bodypart PURPLE: Big in New Orleans
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 #606) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: DELICATE GREEN: MAGNANIMOUS BLUE: THINGS WITH NECKS PURPLE: FIRST NAMES IN JAZZ
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #606) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Connections, game #606, are…
YELLOW: DELICATE FAINT, LIGHT, MILD, SOFTGREEN: MAGNANIMOUS GRAND, GREAT, LOFTY, NOBLEBLUE: THINGS WITH NECKS BOTTLE, GIRAFFE, GUITAR, LAMPPURPLE: FIRST NAMES IN JAZZ CAB, COUNT, DIZZY, DUKE
My rating: EasyMy score: Perfect
I briefly hovered over NOBLE, DUKE and GRAND, thinking there could be a group linking wealthy people – la-di-da types with chauffeurs and mansions. However, I quickly saw sense and remembered my father’s classic jazz collection containing CAB Calloway, COUNT Basie, DIZZY Gillespie and Duke Ellington.
Ellington was called “the Duke” because of his refined mannerisms, elegant speech and slick suits, but it’s great to know that his bandmates had another name for him. They called him Dumpy, after his love of food – and habit of overeating. As well as music, he was a prolific eater, with his biography recounting that he would regularly wolf down three meals in a row and follow it with an “Ellington dessert” – “a combination of pie, cake, ice cream, custard, pastry, jello, fruit, and cheese”.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, 5 February, game #605)
YELLOW: PARTS OF A COMPENSATION PACKAGE BONUS, INSURANCE, SALARY, VACATIONGREEN: INDICATION FLAG, GIVEAWAY, SIGN, TELLBLUE: THINGS TO DO WITH A DECK OF CARDS CUT, DEAL, FAN, SHUFFLEPURPLE: WHAT “BILL” MIGHT REFER TO BANKNOTE, BEAK, INVOICE, WILLIAM
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.