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 #914) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- QUE
- SERA
- RABBIT
- EARS
- QUEUE
- DEVIL
- GNOME
- GRILL
- SEAR
- BOWL
- ELLE
- JACKET
- SHED
- IS
- ARES
- SPRINKLERS
NEW Connections today (game #914) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Outside the home
- GREEN: Similar letters
- BLUE: Alphabetical soundalikes
- PURPLE: Star with a word that describes sandy dirt
Need more clues?
NEW Connections today (game #914) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THINGS ARE SEEN IN A FARM
- GREEN: ANAGRAMS
- BLUE: LETTER HOMOPHONES
- PURPLE: DUST
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #914) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #914, are…
- YELLOW: THINGS ARE SEEN IN A FARM GNOME, GRILL, SHED, SPRINKLER
- GREEN: ANAGRAMS ARES, EARS, SEAR, SERA
- BLUE: LETTER HOMOPHONES IS, ELLE, QUE, QUEUE
- PURPLE: DUST BOWL, RABBIT, DEVIL, JACKET
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Connections can play tricks on the brain, and the one thing I always have to be careful of is not to fall for obvious foursomes – because they are often traps. But the thing is sometimes the obvious quartets that you think are traps? Well, today they are actual groups.
This mind game came up twice today – once with the blue group of LETTER HOMOPHONES and also with the LETTER ANAGRAMS, which seemed so obvious that I let it go.
Meanwhile, THINGS SEENS IN A YARD is a recurring category, and yes, the purple group I got because they made more sense together instead of me guessing DUST was the connection.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Wednesday, December 10, Game #913)
- YELLOW: “MY GOD!” DEAR, GRACIOUS, HEAVEN, MERCY
- GREEN: IMITATION COPY, DUMMY, DUPE, FAKE
- BLUE: CONFECTIONERY CANDY, LOLLY, SUCK, SWEET
- PURPLE: WHAT “Y” MEAN WHY, YEAR, YELLOW, YES
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.
