HIGHLIGHTS
- In NYT Connections for 30 September, ROAM is a homophone for the capital city with no specific meaning as it sounds similar to Rome, Italy.
- SHAGGY in today’s connection refers to the iconic cartoon dog, recognized for his close relationship with Scooby-Doo.
- Today’s clever wordplay and geographical knowledge are what make the purple group particularly challenging.
NYT Connections is a free daily word game from the New York Times that became popular after its launch on June 12, 2023.
The inspiration for the game came from cartoonist Robert Leighton, famous for his wordplay puzzles.
In today’s NYT Connections, players found it tricky to group words like “Roam” and “Shaggy.”
Solutions For Today’s NYT Connections
The 477th edition’s set of puzzles contained a blend of easy and challenging themes. Let’s break them down and find their solution.
Just as usual, the yellow group was the easiest. Today’s theme for this group was “Cooking with heat and water.”
Words such as BLANCH, BOIL, POACH, and STEAM are the solution for the yellow group. These terms are related to the common ways of cooking food like veggies or specifically, eggs.
Moving on to the next group, we come across the green category. After the completion of the yellow group, there are 12 words you can pick to solve this category.
The green group was all about perfume ingredients such as AMBERGRIS, MUSK, ROSE, and VANILLA.
All of these words are the ingredients found in perfumes or sometimes in scented candles. It didn’t seem obvious at first but knowing these are commonly used in perfumes helped us identify the connection.
Meaning Of ROAM and SHAGGY In Today’s NYT Connections
Next up is the blue category, often considered one of the toughest after the purple category. The blue category featured famous characters with pet dogs including, CHARLIE, DOROTHY, SHAGGY, and WALLACE.
SHAGGY stands out because he’s the famous companion of Scooby-Doo, the iconic cartoon dog, recognized for his close relationship with Scooby-Doo.
Like the others in this category, SHAGGY may not be immediately obvious unless you’re familiar with the famous duos. This fun and nostalgic connection makes the blue group engaging and delightful to solve.
Finally, we dive into the purple group, which is known to be the toughest. For this group, we encounter words that are homophones of capital cities.
Among them are KETO, ROAM, SOPHIA, and SOUL. ROAM is a keyword here, as it sounds like Rome, the capital of Italy.
Alongside KETO (Quito, Ecuador), SOPHIA (Sofia, Bulgaria), and SOUL (Seoul, South Korea), this group is centered around phonetic similarities to renowned capital cities.
Just like the other words in this group, ROAM could be a bit tricky to spot if you don’t immediately catch the homophone for Rome.
This clever wordplay and geographical knowledge are what make the purple group particularly challenging.
