If you want to keep up your streak in today’s Connections puzzle, you may need a little bit of help. Luckily, today’s puzzle is a little less tricky than the past few, but sometimes it just takes one word to throw off your entire game. In order to help keep that from happening, we have the clues and tips you need to finish this puzzle with flying colors.
If you want a new view on words and would like to try to string them together in a puzzling way, then the daily Letter Boxed puzzles are the ones for you. This puzzle asks you to string five words together using only the letters found around the box, and you must use all of the letters in the puzzle. This can be challenging, as finding the right starting point is difficult, and you can easily find yourself stuck. Luckily, you get as many chances as you need to get it right, unlike with other NYT puzzles.
Today’s Connections Category Hints
SEPTEMBER 29 #475
While today’s puzzle has fewer challenges than the last couple of days, some potential pitfalls can grab a player’s attention. There are also some words that people may not be familiar with, so it’s key to try to focus on words you know. If unsure, you can check these four clues to see where you might be stuck:
- One category is about following through on something.
- One category is about everything that can go on a certain piece of furniture.
- One category is about things you can do in a type of game.
- One category is about groups of people who handle specific duties.
If you still need a bit of extra help, we can give you some more clues in the form of the category names, which will surely help boost your chances of victory.
 | MAKE GOOD ON, AS A PROMISE |
 | BEDDING |
 | ACTIONS IN CARD GAMES |
 | CABINET DEPARTMENTS |
Today’s Connections Answers
SEPTEMBER 29 #475
Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained
MAKE GOOD ON, AS A PROMISE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
FULFILL | HONOR | UPHOLD | KEEP |
Today, I thought that KEEP and UPHOLD were fairly good tip-offs for this category. Adding FULFILL and HONOR to this category did not feel very difficult, but it was also not the first category I solved. I thought the words did a fairly good job of hiding among the others, particularly when I had not solved any of the categories yet. That being said, this one felt pretty straightforward after that, but I could see words like JUSTICE potentially throwing a wrench into the mix.
Green Answers: Revealed & Explained
BEDDING | |||
|---|---|---|---|
BLANKET | THROW | SHEET | SHAM |
These words feel trickier when I look at them, but they were actually the first category I solved. Maybe it’s my obsession with blankets, but I saw BLANKET and SHEET and thought there might be something there. Looking around, SHAM, which is not a very commonly used word, could also be a kind of bedding, and I have so many THROW blankets, but it’s not even funny. This made it a little easier to figure that category out, although I might not have if I wasn’t familiar with this use of sham.
Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained
ACTIONS IN CARD GAMES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
DISCARD | DRAW | PASS | PLAY |
This category was a bit easier due to my obsession with card games, and perhaps my family just played UNO. UNO is a game that has all of these exact actions, except that you cannot really PASS. However, it is a well-known card game mechanic, especially in something like Lorcana. My growing shelves full of card games helped me out here, and I was glad to solve this one faster than I have in a while, although this is mostly due to this being a category about card games rather than sports.
Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained
CABINET DEPARTMENTS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
ENERGY | JUSTICE | LABOR | STATE |
To be perfectly honest, these were all just words I hadn’t even looked at for most of my puzzle time with this game today. I am not sure I would have gotten this category if it was not last, although I am aware enough of the structure of a country’s politics to think about it eventually. ENERGY is perhaps the odd one out here, as the other three are slightly more prominent in the news and culture, but I am glad I mostly ignored these words until the end.
Other Games Like Connections
For today’s puzzle recommendation, I would try Absurdle, which makes more sense than the name suggests. It is quite wild when you first start, but after a few rounds, it becomes a lot of ridiculous fun.
Game Name | How To Play | Is It Free To Play? |
|---|---|---|
Wordle (NYT) | Solve a random five-letter word by using color clues. Every Wordle answer can be found in our daily updated list. | Yes |
Name a country based only on its silhouette, and a few geographical hints. | Yes | |
Create a password in this ever-changing, not-so-simple game. You can find some helpful tips in our Password Game guide. | Yes | |
Try to solve a game of Wordle without any help. With each guess, the game reveals as little information as possible, even changing the word if need be. | Yes |
