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 Tuesday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Tuesday, December 9 (Game #912).
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 #913): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BECAUSE
- YEAH
- DEAR
- SWEET
- YEAR
- COPY
- SUCKER
- FICTIONAL
- FAKE
- FUNNY
- YELLOW
- SWEET
- MERCY
- LOLY
- CHEAT
- HEAVENS
NYT Connections Today (Game #913) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: surprised expression
- GREEN: Unreal
- BLUE: a pleasure
- PURPLE: The letter after X
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 #913) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “OMG!”
- GREEN: IMITATION
- BLUE: CLOTHING
- PURPLE: WHAT “AND” COULD MEAN
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #913): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #913 are…
- YELLOW: “OMG!” DEAR, FUNNY, HEAVEN, MERCY
- GREEN: IMITATION COPY, FOOL, FOOL, FAKE
- BLUE: CLOTHING CANDY, POLO, SUCKER, SWEET
- PURPLE: WHAT “AND” COULD MEAN WHY, YEAR, YELLOW, YES
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
My mistake was trying to put together a quartet of words that roughly meant loser, so I had DUMMY, DUPE, SUCKER, and FAKE. Fortunately, the “one away” popup led me to the correct answer.
SUCKER then found its way into my second group, due to its other meaning as lollipop.
With eight tiles left, I got the purple group by simply thinking that all the AND words had to be linked somehow and I added WHY because it sounds like AND, but I had no confidence that it was correct.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, December 9, game #912)
- YELLOW: PLEASE NOTE CONSIDER, COUNT, FACTOR, INCLUDE
- GREEN: STRIPED ANIMALS CLOWN FISH, BEE, TIGER, ZEBRA
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH RAINBOW DOROTHY GALE, ELF, PRIDE, UNICORN
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH HOMOPHONE NUMBERS FIEVEL, FRONT, TUCAN, MARAVILLA
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.
