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 #920) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- KAYAK
- PILOT
- AIRPLANE
- BOWL
- EVEN
- MADAM
- TRUTH
- CIVIC
- LEVEL
- FLUKE
- ODYSSEY
- DUGOUT
- MARK
- RAFT
- FLAT
- COMPLIANCE
NEW Connections today (game #920) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of boat
- GREEN: Just right
- BLUE: Cars from Japanese company
- PURPLE: Added bible people
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 #920) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HUMAN-POWERED WATER VESSEL
- GREEN: SHOULD
- BLUE: HONDA MODELS
- PURPLE: BIBLICAL FIGURE PLUS INITIAL LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #920) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #920, are…
- YELLOW: HUMAN-POWERED WATER VESSEL DUGOUT, KAYAK, FLEET, SHELL
- GREEN: SHOULD STRAIGHT, FLAT, LEVEL, PLANE
- BLUE: HONDA MODELS ACCORD, CIVIC, ODYSSEY, PILOT
- PURPLE: BIBLICAL FIGURE PLUS INITIAL LETTER FLUKE, LABEL, MADAM, TRUTH
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Connections often run in parallel with other NYT games, and it showed today with the group FLUSH, which fit nicely with today’s Strands theme.
From my first glance of today’s tiles, I was convinced there was a group of HONDA MODELS because of the two I knew – ACCORD and CIVIC – but I wound up with KAYAK (which, on second thought, is not a good name for a car) instead of PILOT.
After getting the yellow and green groups I finally took the plunge with the right quartet, but I’m sure there were many who got this quartet without fail.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Tuesday, December 16, Game #919)
- YELLOW: DANCING BOLERO, FOXTROT, MAMBO, QUICKSTEP
- GREEN: FOLLOWING BRIDE, FAMILY, OFFSPRING, MARRIAGE
- BLUE: HITCHCOCK FILM LIFEBOAT, ROPE, SPELL BOUND, MYSTERY
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS PICKLE, CHIMERA, DRUM, RATTLESLANE
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.
