# NYT Connections

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/nyt-connections/

6 people recommended NYT Connections in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a difficult daily word puzzle that never feels unfair, and preferred over similar puzzle games.

Summary written from 6 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Preferred over similar puzzles (2 comments in the sample): "the puzzle setting for Connections is inferior" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46781913)) "Connections is better anyway." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46848987))
- Difficult but fair, well liked (2 comments in the sample): "Connections is great. And definitely difficult (but never feels unfair" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779336)) "I also like NYT Connections" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46578581))

## Other word games people recommend

- [Wordle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wordle/): 18 recommend, 6 mixed, 20 criticize
- [Tiled Words](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tiled-words/): 17 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize
- [Uncrossy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/uncrossy/): 9 recommend, 9 mixed, 6 criticize
- [Don't Wordle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/don-t-wordle/): 5 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "NYT Connections", https://hackerapproved.com/p/nyt-connections/ (6 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.