Today’s NYT Connections #1173 for August 27 brings a tricky mix of electric things, emotions, colors and clever music wordplay.
NYT Connections hints for August 27
- Yellow: Think about things associated with electricity, current or a sudden jolt.
- Green: Look for words describing someone becoming emotional enough to cry.
- Blue: These are all names for different shades of the same neutral color.
- Purple: Each word hides a music genre after its first letter is removed.
Electric things clue: Look for four answers connected with electricity, electrical energy or something known for delivering a shock.
Moved to tears clue: These words can all describe someone who has become deeply emotional or close to crying.
Shades of gray clue: Think of four familiar color names that fall within the gray color family.
Music genre clue: Remove the first letter from each answer. What remains should be the name of a recognizable music genre.
Today’s NYT Connections answers
Reveal the Yellow Group
Category: Electric things
Answers: ELECTRIC EEL, LIGHTNING, LIVE WIRE, PIKACHU
All four are strongly associated with electricity or electrical shocks. An ELECTRIC EEL can produce powerful electrical discharges, LIGHTNING is a natural electrical phenomenon, a LIVE WIRE carries electrical current, and PIKACHU is famously linked with electric attacks.
Reveal the Green Group
Category: Moved to tears
Answers: CHOKED UP, EMOTIONAL, MISTY, OVERCOME
Each answer can describe someone who is overwhelmed by emotion. A person might become CHOKED UP while speaking, feel EMOTIONAL, turn MISTY-eyed or be completely OVERCOME by their feelings.
Reveal the Blue Group
Category: Shades of gray
Answers: ASH, DOVE, PEWTER, SLATE
These are all familiar gray color shades. ASH is a pale gray, DOVE is a soft light gray, PEWTER is typically a darker metallic gray, and SLATE is a deeper gray often carrying subtle blue tones.
Reveal the Purple Group
Category: Music genre plus starting letter
Answers: BROCK, NEMO, SPUNK, WRAP
Remove the first letter from each answer to reveal a music genre: BROCK becomes ROCK, NEMO becomes EMO, SPUNK becomes PUNK, and WRAP becomes RAP. This wordplay makes the purple group the trickiest set in today’s puzzle.
Players can attempt the official daily puzzle and check their results on the New York Times Connections page.
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