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 #915) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- HOUSE
- CLOCK
- EAR
- FLAP
- PEAR
- WAVE
- MAIN
- YEAR
- FOOT
- SHOP
- BLOW
- SPEAR
- KEEP
- SWAY
- ZODIAC
- KEEP
NEW Connections today (game #915) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Boxed in
- GREEN: Free and airy
- BLUE: Produce measurement
- PURPLE: By the dozen
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 #915) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONTAIN
- GREEN: MOVE IN THE WIND
- BLUE: vegetable units
- PURPLE: THINGS DIVIDED INTO TWELVE SEGMENTS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #915) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #915, are…
- YELLOW: CONTAIN KEEP, HOUSE, KEEP, KEEP
- GREEN: MOVE IN THE WIND BLOW, FLAP, SWAY, WAVE
- BLUE: vegetable units Pear, EAR, HEAD, SPEAR
- PURPLE: THINGS DIVIDED INTO TWELVE SEGMENTS HOURS, FOOT, YEARS, THE CONSTELLATION
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I put VEGETABLE UNITS and THINGS THAT ARE DIVIDED INTO TWELVE SEGMENTS on the back burner while I solved the easier groups.
I was pretty sure I was on the right track, but suffered from a crisis of confidence. CLOCK, YEAR and ZODIAC all seemed to be associated with the number 12, but I was unsure about FEET – only afterwards remembered that 12 inches make up a foot. Oh!
My hesitation about vegetable units was Pear. I knew that EAR, HEAD and SPEAR were associated with corn, lettuce and asparagus, but it wasn’t until the game was over that I finally remembered that we buy garlic in onions. Or, if you’re lazy like me, frozen and chopped.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Thursday, December 11, Game #914)
- YELLOW: THINGS ARE SEEN IN A FARM GNOME, GRILL, SHED, SPRINKLER
- GREEN: ANAGRAMS ARES, EARS, SEAR, SERA
- BLUE: LETTER HOMOPHONES IS, ELLE, QUE, QUEUE
- PURPLE: DUST BOWL, RABBIT, DEVIL, JACKET
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.
