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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 Monday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Monday, December 1st (Game #904).
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 #905) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- ANGEL
- WIDE
- BROW
- MOMA
- FRICK
- SUGAR
- GENERAL
- MET
- DADA
- ROYAL
- BALL PARK
- SHOT
- ROUGH
- FUDGE
- RAY
- SISI
NEW Connections today (game #905) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Weakly correct
- GREEN: Polite swear words
- BLUE: Baseball stars
- PURPLE: Your people with an extra character
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 #905) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: APPROX
- GREEN: GENTLE Oaths
- BLUE: MLB PLAYER
- PURPLE: FAMILY MEMBER NICKNAME PLUS ONE LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #905) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #905, are…
- YELLOW: APPROX BALL PARK, WIDE, GENERAL, ROUGH
- GREEN: GENTLE Oaths FRICK, FUDGE, SHOOT, SUGAR
- BLUE: MLB PLAYER ANGEL, MET, RAY, ROYAL
- PURPLE: FAMILY MEMBER NICKNAME PLUS ONE LETTER BROW, DADA, MOMA, SISI
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I only know the name of one baseball player and they retired in 2001, so I’m really glad I got to see the purple group after I got down to the last eight pieces.
Before that, I managed to make the mistake of thinking that MOMA and MET belonged in a group of New York institutions – so I added DADA and ROYAL without having any idea what they might be.
Luckily I moved on pretty quickly and saw APPROXIMATE and the brilliant collection of MILD OATHS – although “fiddlesticks” would probably have been a better choice than FRICK.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Monday, December 1st, Game #904)
- YELLOW: COMPLETE TURN CIRCUIT, BATTLE, ORBIT, REVOLUTION
- GREEN: CIRCULAR THINGS FULL MOON, LP, PIZZA PIE, PUPIL
- BLUE: KAFKA WORKS, WITH “THE” CASTLE, JUDGMENT, METAMORPHOSIS, COURT
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH LETTER HOMOPHONES EYE CONTACT, PEA SOUP, SEAFOOD, TEA LEAVES
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.
