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 #835) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- FERRIS
- BUMPER
- ROLLER
- BRIGHT
- HARD-SHELL
- BOUNCY
- RUBBER
- DUFFEL
- MERRY
- PEE-WEE
- BUGGY
- CARRY-ON
- HEATHER
- BABY
- SUNNY
- INDIANA
NYT Connections today (game #835) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Happy disposition
- GREEN: Famous tonguetwister
- BLUE: Checking in
- PURPLE: Classic film characters
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 #835) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CHEERFUL
- GREEN: “RUBBER BABY BUGGY BUMPER”
- BLUE: KINDS OF LUGGAGE
- PURPLE: TITLE CHARACTERS IN ’80S MOVIES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #835) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #835, are…
- YELLOW: CHEERFUL BOUNCY, BRIGHT, MERRY, SUNNY
- GREEN: “RUBBER BABY BUGGY BUMPER” BABY, BUGGY, BUMPER, RUBBER
- BLUE: KINDS OF LUGGAGE CARRY-ON, DUFFEL, HARD-SHELL, ROLLER
- PURPLE: TITLE CHARACTERS IN ’80S MOVIES FERRIS, HEATHER, INDIANA, PEE-WEE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
Yesterday, I advised that it is often a good idea to say Connections tiles out loud in case the link is a homophone. If you did that today, you may have got the famous tongue twister “RUBBER BABY BUGGY BUMPER” as well as some funny looks from anyone who overheard you.
My mistake came in thinking that FERRIS, BUMPER, ROLLER and MERRY belonged together, as they are all partial fairground rides (wheel, cars, coaster, go-round). Fortunately that was so wrong it made me rethink and I got CHEERFUL and KINDS OF LUGGAGE.
For the final eight tiles I was convinced that FERRIS, HEATHER and INDIANA referred to movie names, but I wavered over including PEE-WEE or Dirty Dancing character BABY. I’m sure plenty of players made the wrong guess.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, September 22, game #834)
- YELLOW: BASIC GEOMETRIC CALCULATIONS AREA, LENGTH, PERIMETER, VOLUME
- GREEN: BLACK-AND-WHITE THINGS CROSSWORD, DOMINO, ORCA, OREO
- BLUE: LAS VEGAS CASINO HOTELS ARIA, ENCORE, EXCALIBUR, LUXOR
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE PLURAL LETTERS ARS, AYES, EASE, OWES
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.
