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 #917) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- DUCKLING
- COLONEL
- NAPOLEON
- PRINCESS
- CALF
- PIGLET
- EMPEROR
- FAWN
- GUSH
- MERMAID
- CHALK
- THE PIG STICK
- PRAISE
- WOULD
- BABE
- FLATTER
NEW Connections today (game #917) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Wax lyrical about someone
- GREEN: Adventure characters
- BLUE: A missing sound
- PURPLE: Animal characters
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 #917) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LAY IT ON THICK
- GREEN: HIS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON FIGURES
- BLUE: SILENT “L”
- PURPLE: FICTIONAL BRIDES
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #917) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #917, are…
- YELLOW: LAY IT ON THICK FAWN, FLATTER, GUSH, PRAISE
- GREEN: HIS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON FIGURES DUCKLING, EMPEROR, MERMAID, PRINCESS
- BLUE: SILENT “L” CALF, CHALK, COLONEL, WILL
- PURPLE: FICTIONAL BRIDES BABE, NAPOLEON, PIGLET, THE PIG’S BOY
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Purple groups about Greek mythology, grammar, or sports in New York go completely over my head, but if the topic is FICTIONAL STUFF I want to see it right away.
BABE and PIGLET were the obvious duo and PORKY is from Looney Tunes, but NAPOLEON was a guess. At first I thought it was one of the pigs in the Angry Birds but Google has informed me that he is in George Orwell’s Zoo.
Getting the hardest group first helped me avoid the baby animal trap and bring the game to a quick end with another silent letter group and LAY IT ON THICK.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Saturday, December 13, Game #916)
- 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
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.
