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 #908) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SORRY
- HARD
- PART
- BABY
- SWEET
- STICKY
- PILLOW
- HISTORY
- MASTER HIND
- SMALL
- DELICATE
- OPERATION
- COMPLEX
- STATUS
- MOUSE TRAP
- SITUATION
NEW Connections today (game #908) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Difficult situations
- GREEN: How are you doing?
- BLUE: Family fun before the computer age
- PURPLE: Add a talking word
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 #908) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TRICKY
- GREEN: STATE OF THE ROOF
- BLUE: CLASSIC BOARD GAMES
- PURPLE: ____TALK
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #908) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #908, are…
- YELLOW: TRICKY COMPLEX, DELICATE, STICKY, TOUGH
- GREEN: STATE OF THE ROOF DEAL, SITUATION, STATUS, HISTORY
- BLUE: CLASSIC BOARD GAMES MASTERMIND, MOUSETRAP, OPERATION, EXCUSE
- PURPLE: ____TALK BABY, PILLOW, LITTLE, CUTE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
CUTE and STICKY aside, there were no real crossovers today, although I thought the theme of the yellow group was different types of situations rather than TRICKY.
Strictly speaking, MASTERMIND isn’t a classic board game because it doesn’t come with a board – even though it’s a member of the same pre-video game heritage.
If you’ve never played it, it’s highly recommended; it’s a color-code breaking game, and instead of a board and counters, it comes with dozens of tiny black and white pegs that you’ll inevitably lose slowly over time. At least that’s what happened with our kit, which eventually included a couple of homemade pegs alongside the ones it came with.
Anyway, I digress. I was also excited to get the purple group today, although I think it’s clear that I’d rather participate in classic board game chat than BABY, PILLOW, SMALL, or SWEET talk.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Thursday, December 4th, Game #907)
- YELLOW: MUG PULL TIGHT, HOLD TIGHT, NUS, SPOON
- GREEN: IMBIBE GLASS, BACK, DOWN, HEAVY
- BLUE: THINGS YOU COLLECT IKEA FURNITURE, LEGO SETS, MODELS, PUZZLES
- PURPLE: CHEATING BEAK, MOUSE, PROBOSCIS, ROSTRUM
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 little more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you play 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.
