NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, March 1 (game #629)

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 #629) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• PHANTOM
• TOLLBOOTH
• LADYBUG
• MIDNIGHT
• SHAMROCK
• RHINESTONE
• SUNSET
• TOOLBOX
• TOMBOY
• HORSESHOE
• FIDDLER
• DRUGSTORE
• MERRILY
• TOWBOAT
• SPACE
• PENNY

NYT Connections today (game #629) - hint #1 - group hints

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

• YELLOW: Charms
• GREEN: Composite terms
• BLUE: Theater singalongs
• PURPLE: A profession links these movies and tunes

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 #629) - hint #2 - group answers

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

• YELLOW: ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD LUCK 
• GREEN: TO-BO- COMPOUND WORDS 
• BLUE: BROADWAY MUSICALS, FAMILIARLY
• PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "COWBOY" IN FILM AND MUSIC 

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

NYT Connections today (game #629) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #629, are…

• YELLOW: ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD LUCK HORSESHOE, LADYBUG, PENNY, SHAMROCK
• GREEN: TO-BO- COMPOUND WORDS TOLLBOOTH, TOMBOY, TOOLBOX, TOWBOAT
• BLUE: BROADWAY MUSICALS, FAMILIARLY FIDDLER, MERRILY, PHANTOM, SUNSET
• PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "COWBOY" IN FILM AND MUSIC DRUGSTORE, MIDNIGHT, RHINESTONE, SPACE

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• My rating: Easy
• My score: 1 mistake

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A great start for me today, landing the Purple group immediately.

I’m a big Glen Campbell fan so the first thing I thought when I saw RHINESTONE in today’s grid was his classic song Rhinestone Cowboy. I love the movie MIDNIGHT Cowboy too, one of Dustin Hoffman’s finest.

I initially thought ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD LUCK was something to do with travellers and linked together HORSESHOE, SHAMROCK, TOWBOAT and PENNY before realizing the error of my ways. FIDDLER, PHANTOM and SUNSET all seemed connected to BROADWAYS MUSICALS, FAMILIARLY but MERRILY was a stab in the dark as I was unaware of Merrily We Roll Along. It looks fantastic, though.

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

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, 28 February, game #628)

• YELLOW: BE INDECISIVE HESITATE, WAFFLE, WAVER, YO-YO
• GREEN: LUCIDITY MARBLES, MIND, SENSE, WITS
• BLUE: LOVELY PERSON ANGEL, DEAR, DOLL, PEACH
• PURPLE: COMPONENTS OF METAPHORS FOR THINGS THAT CAN'T BE
• UNDONE BELL, EGG, GENIE, TOOTHPASTE

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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.