If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1162 features some heavy misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into a medical or sports theme before pulling the rug out from under you.
Below are strategic, spoiler-free hints to help you group today’s words on your own, followed by the exact categories and answers at the bottom of the page.
Today’s Connections Strategy & Commentary
Watch out for the red herrings today. At first glance, words like Grand and Half look like they belong together as family terms, while Concert and Show could easily be mistaken for general entertainment.
Committing to those wrong groups early will cost you lives. We recommend looking closely at how each word functions as part of a longer phrase or compound word. Separating modifiers, event terms, and people-related words will make the remaining words significantly easier to manage.
Connections Hints Today: Category Clues
If you just need a nudge to get your brain moving in the right direction, here are clues for the four color-coded groups:
- 🟨 Yellow Group Hint (Easiest): Words that describe a live musical performance.
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): Words that describe someone taking part in an event or activity.
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): Words commonly placed before a family relationship to describe a specific connection.
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Words that complete the phrase “__ Human” when describing early ancestors.
Stuck on one word? If you have Party, try thinking about it as a person rather than an event. It might belong to the trickier Green group today!
⚠️ Spoiler Warning: The full answers are listed below. If you still want to solve the grid yourself using the clues above, do not scroll down.
NYT Connections Answers Today
Here are the completed categories and groupings for today’s puzzle:
🟨 Yellow Group: Musical Performance
- Concert
- Gig
- Set
- Show
🟩 Green Group: Participant
- Actor
- Agent
- Party
- Player
🟦 Blue Group: Family Relationship Modifiers
- Grand
- Great
- Half
- Step
🟪 Purple Group: Descriptors for Our Human Ancestors
- From Neander
- Handy
- Upright
- Wise
Previous Answer
Connections answer yesterday:
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Did today’s puzzle give you a perfect “Reverse Rainbow” (solving Purple to Yellow), or did the red herrings wipe out your board?
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