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 #927) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SING
- MUNCH
- PAPER
- POLLOCK
- BACON
- CHAMP
- CHAR
- WHISTLER
- BITE
- TONGUE
- RAPT
- EAST
- PULL
- BREAD
- SOLE
- CHEW
NEW Connections today (game #927) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Cash lingo
- GREEN: Food enjoyment
- BLUE: Sea animals
- PURPLE: Musical voices plus
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 #927) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SLANG FOR MONEY
- GREEN: MASTER
- BLUE: FISH
- PURPLE: WAYS TO VOCALIZE MUSICALLY PLUS A LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #927) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #927, are…
- YELLOW: Slang FOR MONEY BACON, BREAD, CHEESE, PAPER
- GREEN: MASTER BITE, CHAMP, CHEW, MUNCH
- BLUE: FISH CHAR, SUNLOCK, SOLE, TONGUE
- PURPLE: WAYS TO VOCALIZE MUSICALLY PLUS A LETTER PULL, RAPT, SING, WHISTLER
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
If I had been sure about CHAR, I would have chosen that group first, but I had to leave it until the options were minimized.
Instead, it was noticing rap in RAPT and singing in SINGE that made me examine each piece to see if they hid other WAYS TO VOCALIZE MUSICALLY PLUS A LETTER – not that I originally discovered the “plus a letter” element.
Getting this purple group first has made my Christmas Eve. Hope you did too.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Tuesday, December 23rd, Game #926)
- YELLOW: VULNERABILITY ACHILLES HEEL, LOWER, KRYPTONITE, SOFT FLAT
- GREEN: FREUDIAN CONCEPTS FIXATION, OEDIPUS COMPLEX, SUPEREGO, UNCONSCIOUS
- BLUE: CHARACTERS IN CAPES DARTH VADER, DRACULA, RED HOOD, SUPERMAN
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH HOSE FOR SAUSAGE BRATZ, DOGMA, FRANKENSTEIN, LINKLATER
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.
