Good day! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into various categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Game #917): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- DUCKLING
- COLONEL
- NAPOLEON
- PRINCESS
- CALF
- PIGGY
- EMPEROR
- FLATTER
- JET
- SIREN
- CHALK
- FAT
- PRAISE
- WANTED TO
- BABY
- FLATTER
NYT Connections Today (Game #917) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Lyrical wax about someone.
- GREEN: fairy tale characters
- BLUE: a lost sound
- PURPLE: animal characters
Do you need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers are to the four topics for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #917) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PUT IT ON THICK
- GREEN: FIGURES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
- BLUE: SILENT “L”
- PURPLE: FICTION PIGS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #917): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #917 are…
- YELLOW: PUT IT ON THICK ALABAMA, ALABAMA, FUTURE, PRAISE
- GREEN: FIGURES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON DUCK, EMPEROR, MERMAID, PRINCESS
- BLUE: SILENT “L” CALF, CHALK, COLONEL, HARÍA
- PURPLE: FICTION PIGS BABY, NAPOLEON, PIGLET, PORKY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
The purple groups on Greek mythology, grammar or New York sports go over my head, but if the topic is FICTIONAL PIGS I’ll see it right away.
BABE and PIGLET were the obvious duo and PORKY is from Looney Tunes, but NAPOLEON was a guess. At first I thought it was one of the pigs Angry Birds but Google has informed me that it appears in George Orwell’s work. animal farm.
Getting the hardest set first helped me avoid the baby animal trap and bring the game to a quick end with another set of silent letters and GET IT THICK.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, December 13, game #916)
- YELLOW: WIDE LEG PANTS STYLES CULOTTE, GAUCHO, HAREM, PALAZZO
- GREEN: SILENT “T” APOSTLE, DEPOSIT, MORTGAGE, POIROT
- BLUE: LEGENDS OF THE NEW YORK METS GOODEN, PIAZZA, SEAVER, FRESA
- PURPLE: GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES LESS ONE LETTER AHA, SON, SHE, HERCULE
What are NYT connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final question since you’ll be able to answer it through a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
