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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 7 (Game #910).
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 #911) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- WINES
- WING
- RODEO
- EGG
- COWBOY
- SOFA
- STAR
- BEET
- MINK
- Spur
- SUNSET
- URGE
- MAVERICK
- MULHOLLAND
- PUSH
- PARS
NEW Connections today (game #911) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Given a push
- GREEN: LA locations
- BLUE: Texas athletes
- PURPLE: Missing capital letters
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 #911) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GOAD, WITH “ON”
- GREEN: FAMOUS STREETS IN LOS ANGELES
- BLUE: MEMBER OF A DALLAS PRO SPORTS TEAM
- PURPLE: EUROPEAN CAPITAL LETTERS MINUS SECOND-TO-LAST LETTERS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #911) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #911, are…
- YELLOW: GOAD, WITH “ON” EGG, PUSH, SPUR, URGE
- GREEN: FAMOUS STREETS IN LOS ANGELES MULHOLLAND, RODEO, SUNSET, WINES
- BLUE: MEMBER OF A DALLAS PRO SPORTS TEAM COWBOY, MAVERICK, STAR, WING
- PURPLE: EUROPEAN CAPITAL LETTERS MINUS SECOND-TO-LAST LETTERS MINK, PARS, RAGNE, SOFA
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Before I settled on FAMOUS STREETS OF LOS ANGELES, I was convinced there was a western themed group with COWBOY, SPUR, MAVERICK and RODEO – but luckily I left this thread after it cost me a mistake.
Both SPUR and STAR led me to believe there was a sports theme somewhere in this mix, but I stuck to the task and added SPUR to the motivational yellow group, GOAD, WITH “ON”.
I’m glad I got the blue group since my knowledge of American sports isn’t great, but I knew the Mavs and Cowboys were Dallas teams, so I took a lucky point with STAR and WING. With only eight tiles left, I was on pretty safe ground when I decided there was unlikely to be a team called the Dallas Sofas.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Sunday, December 7th, Game #910)
- YELLOW: MOVE AT HARD SPEED BARREL, BOLT, HURTLE, RAKE
- GREEN: ORGAN MEAT GIZZARD, HEART, TONGUE, TRIPS
- BLUE: TERMS FOR WOODWORKING COMMUNITIES DADO, DOVETAIL, MITER, MORTISE
- PURPLE: EL ____ CAPITAN, DORADO, GRECO, PASO
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.
