NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Sunday, February 2 (game #602)

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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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 clues. 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 #602) - today's words Today's NYT Connections words are.



.. SWISS SWALLOW SORRY STREET MUNSTER MART BLUE HAWK DUCK DOWN POP PARTRIDGE GRIFFIN GROUSE PICKLES HANGDOG NYT Connections today (game #602) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Depressed GREEN: Winged words BLUE: A list missing the Simpsons PURPLE: Think of a letter 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.

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NYT Connections today (game #602) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: DEJECTED BLUE, DOWN, HANGDOG, SORRY GREEN: BIRDS THAT ARE VERBS DUCK, GROUSE, HAWK, SWALLOW BLUE: TV COMEDY FAMILIES GRIFFIN, MUNSTER, PARTRIDGE, PICKLES PURPLE: WORDS AFTER "K" MART, POP, STREET, SWISS Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #602) - the answers The answers to today's Connections, game #602, are..

. YELLOW: DEJECTED BLUE, DOWN, HANGDOG, SORRY GREEN: BIRDS THAT ARE VERBS DUCK, GROUSE, HAWK, SWALLOW BLUE: TV COMEDY FAMILIES GRIFFIN, MUNSTER, PARTRIDGE, PICKLES PURPLE: WORDS AFTER "K" MART, POP, STREET, SWISS My rating: Moderate My score: 2 mistakes As the owner of a hangdog expression (especially when my team loses), gathering together a bunch of words that mean DEJECTED was a relatively easy task. Less so was the TV COMEDY FAMILIES, which took a mistake to find – my very obvious error being to include SWISS (as in Family Robinson).

PICKLES was a guess that I would never have got otherwise, merely based on the fact that I’ve got a friend whose surname is Pickles and I enjoy calling him Mr Pickles. BIRDS THAT ARE VERBS was my other mistake, as I initially included PARTRIDGE before realising the error of my random ways. How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

YELLOW: TINT HUE, SHADE, TINGE, TONE GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A MYSTERY ALIBI, CLUE, DETECTIVE, SUSPECT BLUE: TAKE ISSUE WITH CHALLENGE, CONTEST, DISPUTE, QUESTION PURPLE: STRIKE A __ CHORD, DEAL, MATCH, POSE 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..