HIGHLIGHTS
- In today’s NYT Connections, the word “Goof” was the trickiest one to group out due to its multiple meaning.
- Goof was categorized under Purple Group i.e. Cartoon Dogs Minus “Y” group along with words like Droop, Lad, and Snoop.
- The other remaining groups are named as ‘Gathering Spot Outside Residence’, ‘Lowdown’ and ‘Kinds of reels’.
The New York Times’s word puzzle game, Connections, continues to test the reader’s creativity.
September 18’s Connections challenged the readers to group 16 different words into four groups, with words in each group interrelated with some common theme.
As always, the readers found it difficult to group out the words, with words like ‘Goof’ and ‘Droop’ confusing them.
NYT Connections Categories And Meaning For September 18
Grouping the words without any hints can be tricky and time-consuming in NYT Connections. Hence, we advise you to analyze each word before you begin the game.
As you go through each word, you’ll notice that words like Yard, Deck, Stoop, and Porch carry the same meaning.
Likewise, these words belong to the Yellow group. The actual name for the Yellow group is “gathering spot outside a residence.“
You should be able to proceed through the first group without much hassle. However, the difficulty increases for the second group.
Further, we advise the players to start noticing the parts of speech of the words. For the Green group, we noticed that Dish, Dope, Scoop, and INFO carry the same theme.
Likewise, the words in the Green group are related to the common theme, Lowdown. As you proceed through the Green group, the difficulty starts to increase gradually.
For the next set of words, notice that words like Blooper and Highlight are interrelated as both are multimedia terms.
Similarly, Demo and Sizzle are common terms in the multimedia industry. Group these words, and you’ll accomplish the Blue Group.
Moreover, the Blue group is titled “kinds of reels,” with each word denoting a form of short-form content.
Once you have completed the Blue group, you will be left with four words that automatically belong to the Purple group.
Similarly, words in the Purple group resemble the names of cartoon characters without the word ‘Y.’
Meaning Of ‘GOOF’ In Today’s NYT Connections
‘Goof’ was in the ‘CARTOON DOGS MINUS “Y” group in today’s NYT Connections. Likewise, ‘Goofy’ was the name of the dog created by Disney Universe that featured in the Mickey Mouse and Friends cartoon series.
Further, as per the Oxford Dictionary, the word ‘Goofy’ means foolish or harmlessly eccentric. Similarly, the word also describes having /displaying protruding or crooked front teeth.