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.

Today's NYT Connections words are…

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

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…

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

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

The answers to today's Connections, game #596, are…

My suspicion that Connections will always be playing mind tricks is such that when I saw the words EXTRA, VIRGIN, OLIVE, and OIL on the grid, I thought, “yes, very clever Connections, I’m not falling for your trap.”

But I did fall for it, refusing to play the obvious when that was the connection after all! Well, until the point when there was no alternative.

As for SEEN IN «THE SHINING» – that’s fun and could be the start of a new party game naming classic films in four words. Although some you could get in two – for instance SHOWER and BLOOD or SHARK and BOAT.

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

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

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