NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Sunday, December 29 (game #567)
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.
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 clues.
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 #567) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
BEACH
DATE
LOCK
CHERRY
FUR
MAROON
TIME
PAIR
STRAND
HEAD
LOCATION
BRICK
DURATION
YOU
RUBY
WISP
NYT Connections today (game #567) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Roses are?
GREEN: Meeting detail
BLUE: Mane attraction
PURPLE: Sounds leafy
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 #567) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: SHADES OF RED
GREEN: APPOINTMENT SPECIFICATIONS
BLUE: DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF HAIR
PURPLE: TREE HOMOPHONES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #567) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Connections, game #567, are…
YELLOW: SHADES OF RED BRICK, CHERRY, MAROON, RUBY
GREEN: APPOINTMENT SPECIFICATIONS DATE, DURATION, LOCATION, TIME
BLUE: DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF HAIR HEAD, LOCK, STRAND, WISP
PURPLE: TREE HOMOPHONES BEACH, FUR, PAIR, YOU
My rating: Hard
My score: 2 mistakes
I struggled today and really should have employed a bit more lateral thinking to make it a bit less time-consuming.
I spent far too long thinking BEACH, STRAND, and MAROON were linked to dumping someone and PAIR and LOCK had something to do with charging a phone before finally seeing the much more obvious SHADES OF RED and DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF HEAD.
Our old friend the homophone also made an appearance with TREE HOMOPHONES. I think I’m going to have to have a permanent Post-it note reminding me to speak out words.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, 28 December, game #566)
YELLOW: “NOTHING TO IT!” EASY, NO SWEAT, PIECE OF CAKE, SURE THING
GREEN: OBJECTS FROM GREEK MYTH AEGIS, APPLE OF DISCORD, GOLDEN FLEECE, PANDORA’S BOX
BLUE: PROVERBIAL THINGS TO KICK CAN, HABIT, HORNETS’ NEST, TIRES
PURPLE: STARTING WITH POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS HERSHEY, HISTAMINE, ITSY, MINEFIELD
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.