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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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday, December 19 (Game #922).
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 #923) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- CURE
- TIN
- SALT
- LOBSTER
- FOLD
- FALL
- DRY
- BUCKET
- CLASH
- PRESS
- DRUM
- WASH
- CAN
- PRETENDED
- MUSIC
NEW Connections today (game #923) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Keep things in these
- GREEN: Possibility of laundry
- BLUE: Punk era UK guitar combos
- PURPLE: Start with a rocky word
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 #923) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONTAINERS
- GREEN: LAUNDRY SERVICES
- BLUE: BRITISH BANDS FORMED IN THE 1970s WITH “THE”
- PURPLE: ROCK ___
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #923) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #923, are…
- YELLOW: CONTAINERS BUCKET, CAN, DRUM, TIN
- GREEN: LAUNDRY SERVICES DRY, fold, PRESS, WASH
- BLUE: BRITISH BANDS FORMED IN THE 1970s WITH “THE” KLASH, COLD, DECAY, FALL
- PURPLE: ROCK ___ BOTTOM, LOBSTER, MUSIC, SALT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
If ever there was a game of Connections that was tailor-made for me, it was this one.
Firstly, it is because the blue group BRITISH BANDS FORMED IN THE 1970s WITH “THE” featured two of my favorite groups of all time in CURE and CLASH, but also because the link that helped me get the purple group early was Rock lobster by the B-52s, a song by one of America’s biggest bands formed in the 1970s with “the” – the B-52s.
There was another obscure British music joint among today’s tiles – DRUM was the name of Simon le Bon of Duran Duran’s yacht in the 1980s. I’m sure this was intentional!
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, December 19, Game #922)
- YELLOW: FOUND DATA, DETAILS, INFORMATION, INTELLIGENCE
- GREEN: OPTIONS FOR DINNER SKINNY, DELIVERY, GO OUT, LEFTOVERS
- BLUE: US CABINET DEPARTMENTS TRADE, EDUCATION, ENERGY, WORK
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF PLACES TO PARK A SHIP BIRTH, DOC, PEER, WORF
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.
