HIGHLIGHTS
- “Draft” refers to the character from the British stop-motion animated comedy franchise Wallace and Gromit in NYT Connections.
- “Ambergris” is an ingredient that creates the base note of a perfume, it is placed in the green group.
- “Cook with heat and water,” “common perfume ingredients,” “characters with pet dogs,” and “capital city homophones” are the four categories for today’s NYT Connection.
NYT Connections uses words with multiple meanings, making it harder and often leaving players stuck finding the right connections.
Group the words into four color-coded categories, with yellow typically being the easiest and purple the hardest.
In the 477th NYT Connections puzzle, grouping words like “Wallace” and “Ambergris” was challenging.
Answers For Today’s NYT Connection (September 30)
Players may struggle to complete today’s NYT Connections without hints or guidance due to the presence of complex words with multiple meanings.
In the September 30 NYT Connections, analyzing all 16 words made it easy to identify the first yellow group, as they related to various cooking methods.
The first group is named “Cook with heat and water” and contains words like blanch, boil, poach, and steam.
Ambergris Meaning For September 30 NYT Connection
Ambergris is a solid, waxy substance that comes from the intestine of the sperm whale. Grouping this word proved difficult.
After further analysis and some trial and error, we determined that it groups with words like musk, rose, and vanilla.
Since ambergris is an ingredient that creates the base note of a perfume, it fits perfectly in the second group labeled “common perfume ingredients.“
Meaning Of Wallace In NYT Connections
The dictionary definition of Wallace is a Scottish family name meaning “Welshman, foreigner.”
Upon further examination, we determined that the term “Wallace” refers to the character from the British stop-motion animated comedy franchise Wallace and Gromit.
This fits perfectly with Charlie, Dorothy, and Shaggy, who are also famous characters with pet dogs.
The Green group, titled “Characters with Pet Dogs,” includes names of characters who have dogs as companions.
With only four words left in the puzzle, we can easily complete the game by grouping them based on their shared connections.
The last group is the capital city homophones. The four answers are keto, roam, sophia, and soul.
Each word is homophone, and it refers to the capital cities of Quito, Rome, Sofia, and Seoul.