Are you looking for a different day?
A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s game.” If instead you are looking for the Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Sunday, February 22 (Game #987).
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 #988): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- NEW YEAR’S EVE
- VOLCANO
- MASQUERADE
- PARTY HAT
- CHRISTMAS
- TREE
- MISTLETOE
- THROAT
- BLUFF
- POSITION
- PUSSY
- WEDDING
- SCREW
- SCARF
- BLARNEY STONE
- INHALE
- FOREHEAD
NYT Connections Today (Game #988) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- PURPLE: kissing locations
- BLUE: Suitor
- YELLOW: gobble your food
- GREEN: Funnel shaped
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 #988) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- PURPLE: SETTINGS FOR A KISS
- BLUE: POSTURE
- YELLOW: EAT VORAZOUSLY
- GREEN: CONICAL THINGS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #988): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #988 are…
- PURPLE: SETTINGS FOR A KISS BLARNEY STONE, MISTLETOE, NEW YEAR’S EVE, WEDDING
- BLUE: POSTURE DECEPTION, FRONT, MASCARADE, POSTURE
- YELLOW: EAT VORAZOUSLY BOLT, THROAT, INHALE, SCARF
- GREEN: CONICAL THINGS CHRISTMAS TREE, CONE, PARTY HAT, VOLCANO
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
This game was riddled with traps and I managed to fall into one: linking BLUFF, GORGE, VOLCANO and FRONT thinking we were looking for something geographical.
Fortunately, after this mistake, I got the purple group for the first time in weeks: a triumph with his route in a half-remembered knowledge of how to kiss the BLARNEY STONE (a mythical rock in Blarney Castle, outside Cork, Ireland) will give the kisser the gift of gab. Performing the kiss means leaning over the side of a high wall, so you have to be pretty determined to pull it off.
THE CONICAL THINGS escaped me, because my idea of a PARTY HAT is a paper crown and not necessarily conical, but the mosaic CONE should have made this group more of a giveaway.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, February 22, game #987)
- YELLOW: THE ONE THAT DOESN’T FIT BLACK SHEEP, UNADAPT, PARIA, REJECTED
- GREEN: DESCRIPTORS FOR GRAY GRAY DISTINGUISHED, SPELLED, SALT AND PEPPER, SILVER
- BLUE: CLASSIC COMIC STRIPS BLONDIE, BLOOM COUNTY, PEANUTS, THE FAR SIDE
- PURPLE: ASSOCIATED WITH THEODORE ROOSEVELT PALO GRANDE, BULL MOOSE, ROUGH RIDERS, TEDDY BEAR
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.
