By Nermeen Nabil Khear 
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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, March 29 (game #657).
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 #658) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MEAN
- EAGLE
- STANDARD
- SPOKES
- GENTLE
- BIRDIE
- YANKEES
- PAR
- CRAFTS
- ARROWS
- BOGEY
- SHIELD
- DOLLY
- NORM
- OLIVE BRANCH
- KATE
NYT Connections today (game #658) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: In the middle
- GREEN: Details on a famous coat of arms
- BLUE: They might be spoken… or sung on stage
- PURPLE: (Blank) not a woman
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 #658) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: AVERAGE
- GREEN: PICTURED ON THE U.S. GREAT SEAL
- BLUE: PROPER NOUNS IN BROADWAY MUSICAL TITLES THAT ARE SPOKEN
- PHRASES
- PURPLE: __MAN
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #658) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #658, are…
- YELLOW: AVERAGE MEAN, NORM, PAR, STANDARD
- GREEN: PICTURED ON THE U.S. GREAT SEAL ARROWS, EAGLE, OLIVE BRANCH, SHIELD
- BLUE: PROPER NOUNS IN BROADWAY MUSICAL TITLES THAT ARE SPOKEN
- PHRASES BIRDIE, DOLLY, KATE, YANKEES
- PURPLE: __MAN BOGEY, CRAFTS, GENTLE, SPOKES
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Fail
This was my worst Connections experience for about a year, as I crashed out without getting any correct groups.
Of course I tried EAGLE, BIRDIE, BOGEY, PAR as my first attempt and knew I was in trouble when this collection of golfing terms turned out blank. I’m sure I wasn’t the only person to make this error. Next, without any good reason, I put together NORM, DOLLY, KATE, and PAR thinking they were names.
Floundering to find a group I tried STANDARD, EAGLE, SHIELD and ARROWS thinking it had something to do with a medieval legion (can you tell I’m rewatching Game of Thrones?). Close by an OLIVE BRANCH away from saving my streak.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 29 March, game #657)
- YELLOW: MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH FANCY DINING CHINA, CRYSTAL, LINEN, SILVER
- GREEN: KINDS OF SHORTS BERMUDA, BIKE, BOXER, CARGO
- BLUE: NOUNS IN A FAMOUS PALINDROME CANAL, MAN, PANAMA, PLAN
- PURPLE: MOVIES FROM 1985 BRAZIL, CLUE, COMMANDO, WITNESS
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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