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 #931) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- THE MUSKET
- SPRING
- STILL
- PERRIER
- BOX
- STATIONARY
- GEAR
- ENVELOPE
- NOODLE
- CRAWLED
- TUBE
- STATIC
- PAWL
- CONSTANT
- SOX
NEW Connections today (game #931) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: In the post
- GREEN: Hold it
- BLUE: Analogue technology
- PURPLE: Modified canines
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 #931) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONTAINERS FOR SHIPMENT
- GREEN: STILL
- BLUE: MECHANICAL PARTS
- PURPLE: DOGS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #931) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #931, are…
- YELLOW: CONTAINERS FOR SHIPMENT BOX, ENVELOPE, MAIL, TUBE
- GREEN: STILL CONSTANT, STATIC, STATIONARY, QUIET
- BLUE: MECHANICAL PARTS GEAR, PAL, CLAW, SPRING
- PURPLE: DOGS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED DUSKY, NOODLE, PERRIER, SOXER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
The first task today was to ignore the very obvious collection of water types – SPRING, STILL and PERRIER – placed temptingly along the first row of tiles.
Luckily I managed to resist and saw instead that STILL had some partners in STATIC, STATIONARY and CONSTANT.
After getting the green group and with PERRIER still in play, I deduced that it must be something to do with the word rather than what it represented – but it was sounding NOODLE and DUSKY that helped me find all DOGS WITH THE FIRST LETTER CHANGED; The terrier was the breed that hid in the guise of the fizzy French water.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, December 27, Game #930)
- 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
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.
