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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 8 (Game #911).
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 #912) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- DOROTHY GALE
- CLOWN FISH
- TOUCAN
- PRIDE
- LEPRECHAUN
- HONEY BEE
- WONDER
- TIGER
- COUNT
- ZEBRA
- FOREHEAD
- FACTOR
- FIEVEL
- CONSIDER
- UNICORN
- INCLUDE
NEW Connections today (game #912) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Think about it
- GREEN: Patterned beasts
- BLUE: Connected by a colorful prism
- PURPLE: Sounds like numbers
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 #912) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: REMEMBER
- GREEN: STRIPED ANIMALS
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH RAINBOWS
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH NUMBER HOMOPHONES
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #912) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #912, are…
- YELLOW: REMEMBER CONSIDER, COUNT, FACTOR, INCLUDE
- GREEN: STRIPED ANIMALS CLOWN FISH, HONEY BEE, TIGER, ZEBRA
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH RAINBOWS DOROTHY GALE, LEPRECHAUN, PRIDE, UNICORN
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH NUMBER HOMOPHONES FIEVEL, FOREHEAD, TOUCAN, WONDER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Knowing the last name of the main character from the Wizard of Oz was the little piece of general knowledge that got me going today – although I hesitated with LEPRECHAUN as I associate them with four clovers and the color green more than rainbows.
I thought what became STRIPED ANIMALS might have something to do with Pixar movies, but I wasn’t sure, so left it and managed to guess correctly.
Speaking the remaining tiles out loud helped me solve the purple group BEGINNING WITH NUMBER HOMOPHONES – something you can only do if you play Connections at home instead of on a train or in the office when you have to work.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Monday, December 8th, Game #911)
- YELLOW: GOAD, WITH “ON” EGG, PUSH, SPUR, URGE
- GREEN: FAMOUS STREETS IN LOS ANGELES MULHOLLAND, RODEO, SUNSET, WINES
- BLUE: MEMBER OF A DALLAS PRO SPORTS TEAM COWBOY, MAVERICK, STAR, WING
- PURPLE: EUROPEAN CAPITAL LETTERS MINUS SECOND-TO-LAST LETTERS MINK, PARS, RAGNE, SOFA
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.
