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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 Monday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Monday, December 15 (Game #918).
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 #919) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- POSTERITY
- BUTTONS
- LIFEBOAT
- DESCENDANT
- BEWITCHED
- FOX
- RATTLESNAKE
- mambo
- CHIMERA
- ROPE
- BOLERO
- drum roll
- BREEDING
- LIGHT STEP
- FAMILY
- SUSPICION
NYT Connections Today (Game #919) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Move with the music
- GREEN: Relations
- BLUE: Alfredo movies
- PURPLE: Rhythm starters
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 #919) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DANCES
- GREEN: DESCENDANTS
- BLUE: HITCHCOCK FILMS
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #919): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #919 are…
- YELLOW: DANCES BOLERO, FOXTROT, MAMBO, FAST STEP
- GREEN: DESCENDANTS PRODUCTION, FAMILY, DESCENDANTS, POSTERITY
- BLUE: HITCHCOCK FILMS LIFEBOAT, ROPE, SPELL, SUSPICION
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS BELLHOP, CHIMERA, DRUM TRAILER, RATTLESNAKE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
It’s always exciting to have the purple group early, but before that, the simple yellow group DANCES was hard to ignore.
After seeing no other links to the mythical creature CHIMERA, I decided that the connection must have to do with the word itself and not its meaning, so the chime, bell, drum and rattle all seemed linked and so it turned out.
The last eight gave me a little pause when I could see that SPELLED, SUSPITION, and ROPE were all HITCHCOCK MOVIES, but I only guessed LIFEBOAT because it seemed the most likely.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, December 15, game #918)
- YELLOW: TOURNAMENT ROUNDS FINAL, CLASSIFICATION, QUARTERS, SEMI
- GREEN: HUGE BUMPER, GIANT, MONSTER, TITANIC
- BLUE: ESTABLISHMENT OF NASTY DIVE, DIP, HOLE, JOINT
- PURPLE: WHAT “C” COULD MEAN CELSIUS, COLD, HUNDRED, SEE
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.
