Subj : NYT Connections today hints and answers for Wednesday, July 17 ( To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Wed Jul 17 2024 00:30:06 NYT Connections today hints and answers for Wednesday, July 17 (game #402) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:02:00 +0000 Description: Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Connections can be a tricky game, and it's one that you're only able to make four mistakes in or suffer the indignity of a failure. If you find yourself on the brink of disaster, you might want to read on for my hopefully helpful hints. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers , Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too. 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 #402) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are PACK CART CHECK HAMPER BANK WASHING SCHOOL LAUNDROMAT BIDE PRIDE CURB NIX POST OFFICE INHIBIT SUPERMARKET SWARM NYT Connections today (game #402) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? Yellow: High street heroes Green: Stop it Blue: Lots of critters Purple: POTU 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 #402) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: BUILDINGS AROUND TOWN GREEN: HINDER BLUE: ANIMAL GROUP NAMES PURPLE: STARTS OF U.S. PRESIDENTS Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #402) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #402, are YELLOW: BUILDINGS AROUND TOWN BANK, LAUNDROMAT, POST OFFICE, SUPERMARKET GREEN: HINDER CHECK, CURB, HAMPER, INHIBIT BLUE: ANIMAL GROUP NAMES PACK, PRIDE, SCHOOL, SWARM PURPLE: STARTS OF U.S. PRESIDENTS BIDE, CART, NIX, WASHING My rating: Moderate My score: 2 mistakes Some classic misdirection by the NYT here, and it cost me a couple of guesses. The first group I focused on was what turned out to be the green 'Hinder' group; I had NIX, CURB, HAMPER and INHIBIT. When that didn't work, I changed HAMPER for CHECK and it still didn't work. At that stage I looked elsewhere, rather than risking using up any more guesses, and spotted the easy yellow BANK, LAUNDROMAT, POST OFFICE, SUPERMARKET group. Then I got the 'animal groups' connection, which though blue and supposedly the third hardest didn't feel particularly difficult. That left eight answers, of which five still fit that 'Hinder' angle. But rather than risk another mistake there I instead focused on the other three words, BIDE, WASHING and CART, and realized with a lightbulb moment that they could all form parts of presidents' names. That put NIX where it needed to be and I completed this Connections game. How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 16 July, game #401) YELLOW: IN A BAD MOOD CROSS, SHORT, SURLY, TESTY GREEN: EXPERIMENTAL EXPLORATORY, PILOT, PRELIMINARY, TRIAL BLUE: STARTS OF BROADWAY MUSICALS FIDDLER, JERSEY, KINKY, MERRILY PURPLE: PETER ___ PAN, PARKER, PIPER, RABBIT 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. ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-17-july-2 024 --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .