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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 26 (Game #929).
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 #930) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- CREDIT
- COUNTRY BUILDER
- RINGING
- FIRST
- BUSINESS
- NAME
- REPORT
- TO BE NAMED
- DECIDES
- PREMIUM
- CRAFT
- ECONOMY
- LINE
- CITE
- TRADE
- REFERENCE
NEW Connections today (game #930) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: categories in flight
- BLUE: Do it for love
- GREEN: Recognition
- PURPLE: Beautiful endings
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 #930) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: AIRLINE CLASSES
- BLUE: COLD
- GREEN: PROPERTY
- PURPLE: STOP WITH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #930) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #930, are…
- YELLOW: AIRLINE CLASSES BUSINESS, ECONOMY, FIRST, PREMIUM
- BLUE: COLD RINGS, CRAFTS, LINES, TRADE
- GREEN: PROPERTY CITE, CREDIT, NAME, REFERENCE
- PURPLE: STOP WITH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DECISION-MAKER, NAME-FORDER, REPORT, AGRICULTURAL BUILDER
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I’m a little bummed that I didn’t get the purple group that ended with alcoholic beverages, which I saw sake in NAMESAKE and cider in DECIDER – but somehow missed spotting lager in VILLAGER and port in REPORT. A lesson to be more vigilant.
Not that it mattered, as today’s game was quite the game.
The VOCATION group made me think of the phrase “do a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life”, something I totally disagree with.
While it’s easier to do something you enjoy, it still takes dedication and hard work to be successful at any job. It is notions like this that lead to journalists and nurses being underpaid while management consultants and dictators make a fortune.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, December 26, Game #929)
- YELLOW: CALIFORNIA-BASED CHARACTER TROPES MOVIE EXEC, SURFER, TECH BRO, VALLEY GIRL
- GREEN: COMEDY SUBGENRE BUDDY, CRINGE, SCREWBALL, STONER
- BLUE: ‘7OS ROCK BAND AMERICA, CHICAGO, FOREIGN, TRAVEL
- PURPLE: BLACK ____ FOREST, FRIDAY, PANTHER, WIDOW
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.
