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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 Friday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday, December 12 (Game #915).
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 #916) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- HERCULES
- POIROT
- YEAH
- GAUCHO
- PALAZZO
- PIAZZA
- IS
- APOSTLE
- STRAWBERRY
- DEPOT
- CULOTTES
- GOOD
- HER
- SEAVER
- MORTGAGE
- HAREM
NEW Connections today (game #916) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Big pants
- GREEN: A sound is missing
- BLUE: Local MLB stars
- PURPLE: A letter is missing
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 #916) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TROUSERS WITH WIDE LEG
- GREEN: SILENT “T”
- BLUE: NEW YORK METS LEGENDS
- PURPLE: GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE MINUS ONE LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #916) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #916, are…
- YELLOW: TROUSERS WITH WIDE LEG CULOTTE, GAUCHO, HAREM, PALAZZO
- GREEN: SILENT “T” APOSTLE, DEPOSIT, PLEDGE, POIROT
- BLUE: NEW YORK METS LEGENDS GOODEN, PIAZZA, SEAVER, STRAWBERRY
- PURPLE: GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE MINUS ONE LETTER AJA, IS, HER, HERCULE
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
My game today was a Connections miracle and the result of pure guesswork and random luck rather than any knowledge, which is why I classify it as hard.
I had no idea about any groups and resisted the temptation to join HERCULE and POIROT. I linked CULOTTE, PIAZZA, GAUCHO and PALAZZO because I thought they could all be words for meeting place or town square. But when I got one away, I saw the link and replaced PIAZZA with HAREM; that said, PIZZA pants sound like they should be a thing too.
I arrived at the SILENT “T” by sounding the remaining 12 tiles, but the GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL NUMBER MINUS ONE LETTER was only solved because of the similarity between AJA, ARE and HER. I only added HERCULE because it started with the same letters as another of the tiles. They all count!
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, December 12, Game #915)
- 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
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.
