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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 Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Sunday, December 21 (Game #924).
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 #925) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- RUSH
- PIN
- PLAYERS
- LATER
- GREETING
- CYA
- RASH
- COMING
- WAVE
- BUSINESS
- FUTURE
- BROW
- WHITE
- FOLLOW
- MEMBERSHIP
- SURGE
NEW Connections today (game #925) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Incoming
- GREEN: Expected soon
- BLUE: Made of stiff paper
- PURPLE: Missing a colorful letter
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 #925) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INFLUSION
- GREEN: NEXT
- BLUE: FORM OF CARD
- PURPLE: COLOR MINUS LAST LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #925) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #925, are…
- YELLOW: INFLUSION RASH, HEAL, SOUL, WAVING
- GREEN: NEXT COMING, FOLLOWING, FUTURE, LATER
- BLUE: FORM OF CARD BUSINESSES, GREETINGS, MEMBERSHIP, GAMES
- PURPLE: COLOR MINUS LAST LETTER BROW, CYA, PIN, WHIT
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
My mistake was to put COMING instead of OUTPUT in what became a collection of words meaning INFLUENCE.
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one mixing up words from the yellow and green groups as they are very similar.
But let’s not concentrate on that; before my yellow-green confusion came a triumph of color. I first saw CYA and initially thought we might be looking for printer ink colors, but the reality was a little more straightforward. Congratulations if you also joined the purple-first club. Let’s all tell random strangers how smart we are.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Sunday, December 21, Game #924)
- YELLOW: FUNCTIONS OF A TEAPOT HANDLE, LID, SPOUT, SIEVE
- BLUE: STAND UP EMERGE, FLOW, ISSUE, RESULT
- GREEN: LIBRARY DEPARTMENTS CIRCULATION, PERIODICALS, REFERENCE, STACKERS
- PURPLE: ____DROP AIR, OUTLET, RUBBER, RAIN
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.
