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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, February 16 (Game #981).
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 #982) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- PLUM
- LEAF
- FLASH
- SLAVE
- THUMB
- OYSTER
- FLOPPY
- ZIP
- SKIM
- SOY
- DARTS
- BOMBAY
- SPEED
- FLIP
- HOISIN
- MISS
NEW Connections today (game #982) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Hush about
- GREEN: Asian cooking
- BLUE: rushed to read something
- PURPLE: Beginning with failure
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 #982) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ZOOM
- GREEN: SAUCES IN CHINESE CUISINE
- BLUE: RIFLE (THROUGH)
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “DUD”
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #982) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #982, are…
- YELLOW: ZOOM DARTS, FLASH, SPEED, ZIP
- GREEN: SAUCES IN CHINESE CUISINE HOISIN, OYSTERS, PLUM, SOY
- BLUE: RIFLE (THROUGH) FLIP, LEAF, SKIM, THUMB
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “DUD” BOMBAY, BUSTLE, FLOPPY, MISSUS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Thinking I had seen four tiles associated with computer drive storage, I confidently plugged in THUMB, FLOPPY, ZIP, and FLASH.
Not even getting a “one gone” pop up, I focused and swapped my initial thought that OYSTER might belong to a group of exotic mushrooms, and saw THE SAUCES IN THE CHINESE CUISINE.
For FLIP, LEAF, SKIM, THUMMB, I thought these words referred to reading or reading books at speed rather than RIFLE (GENNAME), but as is often the case with Connections, it’s the group of four rather than the category that gets you over the line.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Monday, February 16, Game #981)
- YELLOW: KNEE BRACKET LISTE, LAUGH, PROCEDURE, SCREAM
- GREEN: HOMOPHONES DO, DOE, DOH, Dough
- BLUE: SOUNDS OF A CHICKEN LEAVING BUCK, CACK, CLUCK, SQUAWK
- PURPLE: STRESS RESPONSE FAWN, FIGHT, FLY, FREEZE
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.
