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 Friday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Friday, December 12 (Game #915).
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 #916): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- HERCULUS
- POIROT
- aha
- GAUCHO
- PALACE
- SQUARE
- ARE
- APOSTLE
- STRAWBERRY
- DEPOSIT
- CULOTTE
- WELL
- HIS
- SEAVER
- MORTGAGE
- HAREM
NYT Connections Today (Game #916) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: big pants
- GREEN: a sound is missing
- BLUE: Local MLB stars
- PURPLE: a letter is missing
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 #916) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WIDE LEG PANTS STYLES
- GREEN: SILENT “T”
- BLUE: LEGENDS OF THE NEW YORK METS
- PURPLE: GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES LESS ONE LETTER
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #916): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #916 are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
My game today was a Connections miracle and the result of pure guesswork and random luck rather than any knowledge, which is why I rate it as hard.
Having no idea of any group and resisting the temptation to join HERCULE and POIROT, I linked CULOTTE, PIAZZA, GAUCHO and PALAZZO because I thought they could all be words for meeting place or town square. But when I got one, I saw the link and changed PIAZZA to HAREM; That being said, it seems like PIZZA pants should exist too.
I got to the SILENT “T” by probing the remaining 12 tiles, but GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES LESS ONE LETTER was only resolved due to the similarity of AJA, ARE, and SHE. I only added HERCULE because it started with the same letters as another of the mosaics. They all count!
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, December 12, game #915)
- YELLOW: CONTAINS KEEP, HOME, SAVE, STORE
- GREEN: MOVE IN THE WIND BLOW, FLAP, SWING, WAVE
- BLUE: VEGETABLE UNITS BULB, EAR, HEAD, SPEAR
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE DIVIDED INTO TWELVE SEGMENTS CLOCK, FOOT, YEAR, ZODIAC
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.
