NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, February 15 (game #980)
A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, February 14 (game #979).
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 Connections hints.
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 #980) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- CALLIOPE
- SUPERIORITY
- RINGMASTER
- ATLAS
- OEDIPUS
- BUZZARD
- ECHO
- ELECTRA
- TRACE
- DIALECT
- INFERIORITY
- DICTIONARY
- THESAURUS
- REMINDER
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
- VESTIGE
NYT Connections today (game #980) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Informative volumes
- GREEN: The stirring of recollections
- BLUE: Psychological issues
- PURPLE: Starting with analog contacts
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 #980) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: REFERENCE BOOKS
- GREEN: SOMETHING THAT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES
- BLUE: KINDS OF COMPLEXES
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH WAYS TO REACH SOMEONE VIA PHONE
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #980) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #980, are…
- YELLOW: REFERENCE BOOKS ATLAS, DICTIONARY, ENCYCLOPEDIA, THESAURUS
- GREEN: SOMETHING THAT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES ECHO, REMINDER, TRACE, VESTIGE
- BLUE: KINDS OF COMPLEXES ELECTRA, INFERIORITY, OEDIPUS, SUPERIORITY
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH WAYS TO REACH SOMEONE VIA PHONE BUZZARD, CALLIOPE, DIALECT, RINGMASTER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
I am sure there are more than the four stated KINDS OF COMPLEXES among today’s tiles and this is where I made my mistake – including RINGMASTER instead of ELECTRA. I’m imagining the ringmaster complex as someone who has to take control and conduct any social event, in the manner of a circus ringmaster. Could be a thing, surely?
Anyway, somehow I added ELECTRA and minimized my mistakes to just one.
I am old enough to be familiar with many of the words that featured in STARTING WITH WAYS TO REACH SOMEONE VIA PHONE – a list that’s missing bell and tinkle. Incidentally did you know that the inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell’s suggested greeting when answering was “ahoy hoy”? Very civilized.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, February 14, game #979)
- YELLOW: UPTICK HIKE, JUMP, RISE, SPIKE
- GREEN: PROTUBERANCE BUMP, HUMP, LUMP, MOUND
- BLUE: TOM HANKS ROLES GUMP, PHILLIPS, SULLY, WOODY
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "MINT" BREATH, JUNIOR, PEPPER, SPEAR
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.
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