NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, February 27 (game #627)

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 #627) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• TISSUE
• RING
• BIGFOOT
• WHEEL
• THERMOMETER
• HORN
• PHONE
• ORGAN
• CELL
• INSTAGRAM
• BELT
• DIAL
• MIRROR
• CALL
• COMPOUND
• ATOM

NYT Connections today (game #627) - hint #1 - group hints

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

• YELLOW: Use the dog and bone 
• GREEN: Vehicle elements 
• BLUE: The hierarchical structure of living things
• PURPLE: Weighty words

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 #627) - hint #2 - group answers

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

• YELLOW: CONTACT VIA TELEPHONE 
• GREEN: PARTS OF A CAR 
• BLUE: LEVELS OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION 
• PURPLE: ENDING WITH UNITS OF MEASURE 

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

NYT Connections today (game #627) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #627, are…

• YELLOW: CONTACT VIA TELEPHONE CALL, DIAL, PHONE, RING
• GREEN: PARTS OF A CAR BELT, HORN, MIRROR, WHEEL
• BLUE: LEVELS OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION ATOM, CELL, ORGAN, TISSUE
• PURPLE: ENDING WITH UNITS OF MEASURE BIGFOOT, COMPOUND, INSTAGRAM, THERMOMETER

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• My rating: Moderate
• My score: 1 mistake

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I managed to get the Green group today, thinking it was something to do with astronomy (Orion’s BELT, the Holmdel HORN, errr something WHEEL…) which is a bit ridiculous when you consider how obvious the correct answer (PARTS OF A CAR) was.

Speaking of which, just to let you know if I ever become President of the world, the first executive order I will be signing with my giant pen will be that car owners are only allowed to use their HORN five times a year. I feel this will cut down radically on road rage and force people to only use them when it’s important, rather than harassing cyclist/nose pickers at traffic lights/other road users/people sleeping at 2am.

Meanwhile, CONTACT VIA TELEPHONE got me thinking about all the brilliant songs about the analog age of telephony, when you had to remember people’s numbers or have them written down on a matchbook or back of your hand – the classic of this surprisingly enormous song topic is Operator (That’s Not The Way It Goes) by Jim Croce, but there are plenty of others. Today you don’t need to know anyone’s number to give them a CALL, but you’d be pretty defiant to technological advances if you were still giving them a DIAL.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, 26 February, game #626)

• YELLOW: EXPENDITURE CHARGE, COST, PRICE, RATE
• GREEN: ONETIME FORMER, LATE, PAST, PRIOR
• BLUE: MADE WITH HORIZONTAL LINES DASH, HYPHEN, MINUS, UNDERSCORE
• PURPLE: SIMPSON FAMILY MEMBERS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED BAGGIE, BARGE, COMER, PISA

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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.