A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, December 14 (game #917).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #918) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- SEE
- MONSTER
- QUARTER
- ONE HUNDRED
- SEMI
- CELSIUS
- BUMPER
- DUMP
- JOINT
- GIANT
- FINAL
- HOLE
- TITANIC
- QUALIFIER
- DIVE
- COLD
NYT Connections today (game #918) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: The route to glory
- GREEN: Massive
- BLUE: Rough place
- PURPLE: Multiple meaning of a letter
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…
NYT Connections today (game #918) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TOURNAMENT ROUNDS
- GREEN: ENORMOUS
- BLUE: DISREPUTABLE ESTABLISHMENT
- PURPLE: WHAT "C" MIGHT MEAN
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #918) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #918, are…
- YELLOW: TOURNAMENT ROUNDS FINAL, QUALIFIER, QUARTER, SEMI
- GREEN: ENORMOUS BUMPER, GIANT, MONSTER, TITANIC
- BLUE: DISREPUTABLE ESTABLISHMENT DIVE, DUMP, HOLE, JOINT
- PURPLE: WHAT "C" MIGHT MEAN CELSIUS, COLD, ONE HUNDRED, SEE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Aside from being annoyed at not getting the fairly easy purple group, I’m thrilled to have gone through a game in difficulty order.
With the fever dream horror of the World Cup draw still heavy on my mind, TOURNAMENT ROUNDS instantly popped up – as did ENORMOUS, with its reminder of the meaning of TITANIC.
Incidentally, there is a Thai restaurant near where I live in London that is called Thai Tanic – a truly disastrous name on many levels, but apparently they do a very nice Khao Soi.
Anyway, I digress. JOINT was a bit of an outlier in the DISREPUTABLE ESTABLISHMENT group, but maybe “hovel” would have been too down at heel.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, December 14, game #917)
- YELLOW: LAY IT ON THICK FAWN, FLATTER, GUSH, PRAISE
- GREEN: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON FIGURES DUCKLING, EMPEROR, MERMAID, PRINCESS
- BLUE: SILENT "L" CALF, CHALK, COLONEL, WOULD
- PURPLE: FICTIONAL PIGS BABE, NAPOLEON, PIGLET, PORKY
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, 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, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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