HIGHLIGHTS
- Plow, in today’s NYT Connections belonged to blue category ‘Used To Clear Snow,’ and referred to clearing roads using a snowplow.
- In NYT Connections, Barb related to an unkind remark meant to criticize someone or something, and paired with words Crack, Dig, and Slight.
- Other categories in today’s NYT Connections are ‘Small Likeness,’ ‘Putdown,’ and ‘Doctors In Pop Culture.’
NYT Connections features a grid of 16 words, and players must group them, figuring out the links between them.
Further, each day, the puzzle had one solution, and in yesterday’s edition, words like Crook and Fitted came into categories that weren’t the players’ first guesses.
With a difficulty level of 2 out of 5, Plow and Barb, on today’s spread in NYT Connections, have many scratching their heads.
Answers For NYT Connections (#590)
To begin my challenge in NYT Connections, I aimed to nail the easier categories on my first try.
So, I picked Doll, Figure, Miniature, and Model and got the green category titled “Small Likeness.”
Moreover, the words in the category described objects with similar appearances and larger physical things.
Moving along, my next pick was Crack, Dig, Sand, and Shovel, which seemed to be associated with moving objects like coal, snow, or dirt.
I was almost on the right track and was a few words away from getting my next category in today’s NYT Connections.
Barb Meaning In NYT Connections
Next up, I shuffled the grid and picked Barb, Crack, Dig, and Slight, and the yellow category “Putdown” appeared on my screen.
In today’s NYT Connections, the meaning of Barb is an unkind remark meant to criticize someone or something.
The other words in the yellow category are related to offending or insulting with intentions to disregard or shame someone.
Similarly, I chose Plow, Salt, Sand, and Shovel to get the next category, and the words belonged to the blue one titled “Used To Clear Snow.”
Plow Meaning With Final Answers In NYT Connections
The meaning of Plow in NYT Connections is to clear snow using a snowplow, especially on roads.
Additionally, other words in the blue category, like Salt, Sand, and Shovel, are common techniques used in clearing snow from people’s paths.
Finally, with four words remaining for today’s spread, I grouped Octopus, No, Pepper, and Who.
The words formed the purple category, “Doctors In Pop Culture.” Simply put, Dr. Octopus is from Spiderman, and Dr. No is an antagonist in the James Bond novel.
Similarly, Dr. Pepper is a popular soft drink, and Dr. Who is a British series, and the words are quite common in pop culture.
With that, I completed today’s NYT Connections with the following answers:
- Small Likeness (Green): Dill, Figure, Miniature, Model
- Putdown (Yellow): Barb, Crack, Dig, Slight
- Used To Clear Snow (Blue): Plow, Salt, Sand, Shovel
- Doctors In Pop Culture (Purple): No, Octopus, Pepper, Who
