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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 Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Tuesday, December 2nd (Game #905).
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 #906) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- LOBBY
- PRESS
- ROCKET
- RECEPTION
- CHARM
- PIANO
- APPELLANTS
- RING
- IRON
- CHAIN
- FUNCTION
- CAMPAIGN
- PARTY
- MAHO
- BANGLE
- CASE
NEW Connections today (game #906) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Jingle jangle pieces
- GREEN: Get together
- BLUE: Applying political pressure
- PURPLE: Masculine hits from the glam era
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 #906) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: KIND OF JEWELRY
- GREEN: SOCIAL GATHERING
- BLUE: CHANGE (FOR)
- PURPLE: “___ MAN” SONGS FROM THE 70’S
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #906) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #906, are…
- YELLOW: KIND OF JEWELRY BANGLE, CHAIN, CHARM, RING
- GREEN: SOCIAL GATHERING EVENT, FUNCTION, PARTY, RECEPTION
- BLUE: CHANGE (FOR) APPEAL, CAMPAIGN, LOBBY, PRESS
- PURPLE: “___ MAN” SONGS FROM THE 70’S IRON, MACHO, PIANO, ROCKET
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
As a former music journalist and vinyl collector, the purple group was perfect for me, especially since PIANO (Man) and ROCKET (Man) are two of my favorite songs of all time – less so MACHO (Man) and IRON (Man).
That said, getting a shiny new purple-first badge is a thrill.
Fortunately, the other groups were just as straightforward today, although I was a little wobbly about connecting LOBBY and RECEPTION when I got down to the final eight.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Tuesday, December 2nd, Game #905)
- 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
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.
