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A new NEW Connections puzzle pops up at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people are always playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s”. If you’re looking for the Monday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Monday, December 15 (Game #918).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
SPOILER ALERT: Today’s NYT Connections information is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NEW Connections today (game #919) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- AFTERWARDS
- BELL
- LIFEBOAT
- OFFSPRING
- BOUND TO THE GAME
- FOXTROT
- RATTLESNAKE
- MAMBO
- CHIMERA
- ROPE
- BOLERO
- DRUM
- BREAD
- QUICK STEP
- FAMILY
- SUSPICION
NEW Connections today (game #919) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Move to the music
- GREEN: Relationships
- BLUE: Film by Alfred
- PURPLE: Rhythm starter
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NEW Connections today (game #919) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DANCING
- GREEN: FOLLOWING
- BLUE: HITCHCOCK FILM
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #919) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #919, are…
- YELLOW: DANCING BOLERO, FOXTROT, MAMBO, QUICKSTEP
- GREEN: FOLLOWING BRIDE, FAMILY, OFFSPRING, MARRIAGE
- BLUE: HITCHCOCK FILM LIFEBOAT, ROPE, SPELL BOUND, MYSTERY
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS PICKLE, CHIMERA, DRUM, RATTLESLANE
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Getting the purple group early is always a thrill, but before that the simple yellow group DANCES was hard to ignore.
Having seen no other links to the mythical creature CHIMERA, I decided that the connection had to do with the word itself rather than its meaning, so chimes, bell, drum and rattle seemed connected, and so it turned out.
The last eight gave me a little pause as I could see that SPELLBOUND, SUSPICION and ROPE were all HITCHCOCK MOVIES but only guessed LIFEBOAT as it seemed most likely.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Monday, December 15th, Game #918)
- YELLOW: TOURNAMENT ROUND FINALS, QUALIFICATION, QUARTER, SEMI
- GREEN: HUGE BUMPER, GIANT, MONSTER, TITANIC
- BLUE: PROTECTIVE ESTABLISHMENT DIVE, DUMP, HOLE, COLLECTION
- PURPLE: WHAT THE “C” MIGHT MEAN CELSIUS, COLD, HUNDRED, SEE
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several 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 degree of difficulty: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough, and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the last one, as you’ll be able to answer it by a process of elimination. Also, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you beat yourself up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that can hide the answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
