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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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday, December 5 (Game #908).
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 #909) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- MODERATE
- SUPERVISION
- AVERAGE
- CAR
- NEWTON
- INCREDIBLE
- MEAN
- TEMPER
- STANDARD
- TOADY
- COOL
- MINION
- BEAT
- ADDERALL
- MONSTER
- COUPLE
NEW Connections today (game #909) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Intermediate
- GREEN: Calming words
- BLUE: Some members of animated films
- PURPLE: Words that start with animal
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 #909) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: NORM
- GREEN: BEECH
- BLUE: MEMBER OF A TITLE CROWD IN AN ANIMATION FRANCHISE
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH HERPETOFAUNA
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #909) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #909, are…
- YELLOW: NORM AVERAGE, MEAN, PAR, STANDARD
- GREEN: BEECH FLESH, MODERATE, FIGHTING, TEMPERED
- BLUE: MEMBER OF A TITLE CROWD IN AN ANIMATION FRANCHISE CAR, INCREDIBLE, MINION, MONSTER
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH HERPETOFAUNA ADDERALL, MONITORSHIP, NEWTON, TOADY
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t thinking of words that STARTED WITH HERPETOFAUNA when I put ADDERALL, MONITORSHIP, NEWTON and TOADY together. But I thought they all had types of animals in the beginning.
This is one of the things I love about Connections though – that it can simultaneously make you feel stupid and send you down a google rabbit hole of knowledge.
That said, I was disappointed that I didn’t get the blue group from the beginning, especially after watching the three Pixar films on the list dozens of times.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, December 5th, Game #908)
- 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
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.
