NYT Connections Today — Clues and Answers for Monday, August 5 (Game #421)

Why not start the week with a game of Connections, the NYT word game? It’s usually challenging, but always a lot of fun, and you’ll find hints below if you need them.

What to do once you’re done? Of course, play other word games. I also have Wordle daily cheats and answers, Strands cheats and answers, and Quordle cheats and answers articles if you need help with those too.

SPOILER ALERT: Below is information about NYT Connections today, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

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Marc McLaren

NYT Connections Today (Game #421) – Words of the Day

NYT Connections clues for the 421 game on a purple background

(Photo credit: New York Times)

Today’s NYT Connections words are…

BIRTHDAY
CANDIES
GET IT
THANK YOU
CONTACT
WITNESS
TO HACK
SEE
SHADOW
BE CONTENT
HEALED
TO UNDERSTAND
MANAGE
CAPISCE
GET BY
CONGRATULATIONS

NYT Connections Today (Game #421) – Clue #1 – Group Clues

What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: Everything will be alright.
Green: Dear…
Blue: Follow me?
Purple: blank ‘optical organ’

Need more clues?

We’re now firmly in spoiler territory, but read on if you want to know what the four thematic answers are to today’s NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections Today (Game #421) – Clue #2 – Group Answers

What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: SURVIVE
GREEN: TYPES OF GREETING CARDS
BLUE: ARE WE CLEAR?
PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “EYE”

Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL DOWN IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections Today (Game #421) – Answers

NYT Connections Answers for Game 421 on Purple Background

(Photo credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Connections game, #421, are…

YELLOW: SURVIVE UNPLUG, HACK, MAKE IT HAPPEN, MANAGE
GREEN: TYPES OF GREETING CARDS BIRTHDAY, CONGRATULATIONS, WELCOME BACK, THANK YOU
BLUE: ARE WE CLEAR? CAPISCE, UNDERSTAND, SEE, COMPREHENSIVE
PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “EYE” CANDY, CONTACT, SHADOW, WITNESS

My ranking: Easy
My score: Perfect

Today’s Connections game is surprisingly simple. Three of the groups are really obvious, and only the purple “words after ‘eye'” group is really hard. But chances are you don’t have to worry about solving that one anyway.

The pivot group is probably blue, because it’s the second hardest. However, having CAPISCE in this group makes things easier, because there aren’t really many ways to use that word. Once you spot words like UNDERSTAND, you’ll know which group it is, which means you’ll have purple to solve by default without having to use your brain.

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Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, August 4, game #420)

YELLOW: CHILD BUDDY, CHAMPION, SPORTSMAN, TIGER
GREEN: PARTY FOR ACTION ADMISSIBLE, LOW, GAME, DISPOSED
BLUE: STARTS WITH DOUBLE LETTERS Aardvark, strange, llama, ooze
VIOLET: NICKNAMES FOR THE SEA, WITH “LA” BLUE, BRINE, DEEP, DRINK

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of the many increasingly popular word games created 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 level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a bit harder, blue is often quite hard, and purple is usually very hard.

The good thing is that you don’t need to solve the last problem, because you can answer it by process of elimination. Plus, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you some wiggle room.

It’s a bit more complex than Wordle, though, and the game can trick you a lot. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that might obscure the answers.

It is playable for free via the NYT Games website on computer or mobile.