It’s Friday… But it’s Friday the 13th! Let’s hope you’re not superstitious, otherwise you’ll be too busy watching your back today to complete this NYT Connections puzzle that I have all the answers for. If you want to smash today’s NYT Connections puzzle and get back to hiding from black cats and the likes, just scroll on down.
I’ve got the NYT Connections hints and solutions you need to dominate this challenge and get into the weekend with ease.
How to Play NYT Connections
In June 2023, NYT Connections emerged as yet another game in the ever-growing New York Times lineup. This title soared immediately, and it’s easy to see why. As a free-to-play, accessible New York Times game, NYT Connections is available to users worldwide and can be played on either desktop devices or via a mobile app.
But how do you play NYT Connections?
The NYT team will provide you with a grid of 16 words once a day. The only task left up to you is to sort those words into four groups of four by finding their commonalities. Every NYT Connections puzzle has just one solution, and some words might have a double meaning, so it can sometimes be tricky to figure out the answers.
It’s also important to stress that the words are color-coded: yellow, blue, green, and purple. That’s in order of difficulty from least to most difficult, too.
What’s critical here is that you get four guesses every day, and if you use those, your NYT Connections answers for today will be out of reach, as it’ll be game over.
Today’s NYT Connections Hints (February 13)
Here are the words from today’s NYT Connections puzzle:
- WAYNE
- PARLIAMENT
- STANDARD
- LESSON
- KENT
- SYNC
- SHEER
- COLORS
- STARK
- CAMEL
- BANNER
- UTTER
- RESEED
- PURE
- FLAG
- SALEM
And here are the hints I can offer for today’s NYT Connections:
- Yellow – Words used to describe something absolute
- Green – Words that might be associated with representing a house or country
- Blue – Words you’d link to a nasty addiction or habit
- Purple – Words that are ways to shrink things… Kind of
Here’s the final warning before we get to the NYT Connections answers for today, February 13:
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Very well!
NYT Connections Answers Explained for Today, February 13 (#978)
If you want to jump straight to the answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzle, I’ve got you covered:
- Yellow – PURE, SHEER, STARK, UTTER
- Green – BANNER, COLORS, FLAG, STANDARD
- Blue – CAMEL, KENT, PARLIAMENT, SALEM
- Purple – LESSON, RESEED, SYNC, WAYNE
When Does NYT Connections Reset?
That’s today’s puzzle, but if you want the next one, the game resets daily at midnight local time (that’s your local time). You’ll have 24 hours to complete the puzzle when midnight ticks over in your timezone.
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Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.
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