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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 29 (Game #932).
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 #933) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- TAXI
- BELL
- COMPASS
- GOAL
- TOUCHDOWN
- CLOCK
- BASKET
- POINT
- CLIMB
- OBJECT
- SCALE
- RACK
- AIM
- RULER
- REFLECTOR
- TAKE OFF
NEW Connections today (game #933) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Cause
- GREEN: Used for calculation
- BLUE: Jet plane incidents
- PURPLE: Add these to your bike
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 #933) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: intent
- GREEN: UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
- BLUE: PARTS OF A PLANE
- PURPLE: BIKE ACCESSORIES
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #933) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #933, are…
- YELLOW: intent GOAL, GOAL, PURPOSE, POINT
- GREEN: UNITS OF MEASUREMENT CLOCK, COMPASS, RULER, SCALE
- BLUE: PARTS OF A PLANE CLIMB, TAKEOFF, TAXI, TOUCH
- PURPLE: BIKE ACCESSORIES BASKET, CLOCK, RACK, REFLECTOR
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: 1 error
I fell headfirst into today’s trap, collecting GOAL, TOUCHDOWN, BASKET and POINT in the mistaken belief that they represented a group of sporting goals.
When I hit “SEND” I knew I made a mistake, but I couldn’t help it.
On a more positive note, I managed to grab the purple/hardest group early on, something I’m really happy about despite how easy it was. Meanwhile, even though it’s been a group before, I totally missed PARTS OF A FLIGHT.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Monday, December 29, Game #932)
- YELLOW: THE TREND COURSE, DIRECTION, TIME, TREND
- GREEN: BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES CELL, GENE, PROTEIN, TISSUE
- BLUE: SUMMER OLYMPIC EVENTS ATHLETICS, GRIDS, SWIMMING, TRIATHLON
- PURPLE: CAR BRAND HOMOPHONES INFINITY, MINNIE, OPAL, OUTIE
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.
