NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Monday, October 7 (game #484)

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 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.

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NYT Connections today (game #484) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• KING KONG
• WHOOP
• ВЕЕР ВЕЕР
• YAHOO
• DING-DONG
• HAR-HAR
• КОКО
• HOOT
• SKRRT
• BUBBLES
• DODO
• PURR
• YUK
• YO-YO
• VROOM
• GEORGE

NYT Connections today (game #484) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• Yellow: Idiot
• Green: Sounds like a car sounds
• Blue: Laughter noises
• Purple: Great apes (and monkeys)

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 #484) - hint #2 - group answers

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

• YELLOW: KNUCKLEHEAD
• GREEN: CAR ONOMATOPOEIA
• BLUE SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER
• PURPLE: FAMOUS PRIMATES

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #484) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #484, are…

• YELLOW: KNUCKLEHEAD DING-DONG, DODO, YAHOO, YO-YO
• GREEN: CAR ONOMATOPOEIA BEEP BEEP, PURR, SKRRT, VROOM
• BLUE SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER HAR-HAR, HOOT, WHOOP, YUK
• PURPLE: FAMOUS PRIMATES BUBBLES, GEORGE, KING KONG, KOKO

• My rating: Difficult
• My score: Fail

Wow, this was really tough. I failed to solve it – in fact, I failed to solve all but one of the groups – but I don't feel particularly upset with myself, because it was just too difficult.

The one I did get was purple, FAMOUS PRIMATES. This was supposedly the hardest of the four, but I found it far more manageable than the other three (obviously, given that I failed them all). I did make a start on the others – for instance I spotted that CAR ONOMATOPOEIA was probably one, with BEEP BEEP and VROOM, but had never heard SKRRT and thought that HOOT was probably one too. The others all just baffled me a bit, but I doubt I'm the only one to struggle here.

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, 6 October, game #483)

• YELLOW: TURN TAIL FLEE, LEAVE, RETREAT, WITHDRAW
• GREEN: THINGS CATS DO KNEAD, PURR, SCRATCH, SHED
• BLUE: PAGES ON A WEBSITE ABOUT, CONTACT, HOME, LOGIN
• PURPLE: ___ CHEESE COTTAGE, CREAM, GOAT, STRING

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.