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 19 (Game #922).
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 #923): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- CURE
- TIN
- SALT
- LOBSTER
- FOLD
- FALL
- DRY
- BUCKET
- SHOCK
- PRESS
- DRUM
- WASH
- CAN
- DAMNED
- MUSIC
NYT Connections Today (Game #923) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Keep things in these
- GREEN: Laundry options
- BLUE: British punk-era guitar combos
- PURPLE: It starts with a stone word
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 #923) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONTAINERS
- GREEN: LAUNDRY SERVICES
- BLUE: BRITISH BANDS FORMED IN THE 70S, WITH “THE”
- PURPLE: ROCK ___
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #923): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #923 are…
- YELLOW: CONTAINERS BUCKET, CAN, DRUM, CAN
- GREEN: LAUNDRY SERVICES DRY, FOLD, IRON, WASH
- BLUE: BRITISH BANDS FORMED IN THE 70S, WITH “THE” SHOCK, HEAL, DAMN, FALL
- PURPLE: ROCK ___ BACKGROUND, LOBSTER, MUSIC, SALT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
If ever there was a Connections game tailor-made for me, this was it.
First of all, that is because the blue group BRITISH BANDS WAS FORMED IN THE 70’S, WITH “THE” It contained two of my all-time favorite groups in the CURE and the CLASH, but also because the link that helped me get the early purple group was Rock Lobster by the B-52s, a song by one of the most important bands in the United States formed in the 1970s, with “the” (the B-52s).
Among the current mosaics there was another dark link to British music: DRUM was the name of Simon le Bon’s Duran Duran yacht in the 80s. I’m sure this was deliberate!
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, December 19, game #922)
- YELLOW: FINDINGS DATA, DETAILS, INFORMATION, INTELLIGENCE
- GREEN: DINNER OPTIONS COOK, DELIVERY, LEAVE, LEFTOVERS
- BLUE: US CABINET DEPARTMENTS TRADE, EDUCATION, ENERGY, WORK
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF PLACES TO PARK A BOAT BIRTH, DOC, PAIRS, WORF
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 elements 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.
