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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Monday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Monday, December 1 (Thu #904).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the clever word game from the New York Times that challenges you to group answers into different categories. This can be difficult, so read on if you need tips on connections.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #905) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- ANGEL
- WIDE
- FOREHEAD
- MOM
- FRICK
- SUGAR
- GENERAL
- ENCOUNTER
- DADA
- ROYAL
- BALLOON PARK
- TO PULL
- ROUGH
- FAKE
- RADIUS
- SISSI
NYT Connections today (game #905) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Vaguely correct
- GREEN: Polite swear words
- BLUE: Baseball stars
- PURPLE: Your friends with an extra character
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections today (game #905) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: APPROXIMATE
- GREEN: GENTLE OATHS
- BLUE: MLB PLAYER
- PURPLE: FAMILY MEMBER’S NICKNAME PLUS ONE LETTER
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #905) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #905 are…
- YELLOW: APPROXIMATE BALLPARK, WIDE, GENERAL, RAW
- GREEN: GENTLE OATHS FRICK, FUDGE, SHOOT, SUGAR
- BLUE: MLB PLAYER ANGEL, MET, RAY, ROYAL
- PURPLE: FAMILY MEMBER’S NICKNAME PLUS ONE LETTER BROW, DADA, MOMA, SISI
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
I only know the name of one baseball player and he retired in 2001, so I’m really happy that I managed to see the purple group after getting to the last eight tiles.
Before that, I had managed to fool myself into thinking that MOMA and MET belonged to a group of New York institutions – so I added DADA and ROYAL without having the slightest idea what they might be.
Luckily, I moved on pretty quickly and saw APPROXIMATE and the brilliant MILD OATHS collection – although “Fiddlesticks” would surely have been a better choice than FRICK.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday Dec 1, Thu #904)
- YELLOW: FULL TURN CIRCUIT, TOWER, ORBIT, REVOLUTION
- GREEN: CIRCULAR THINGS FULL MOON, LP, PIZZA PIE, STUDENT
- BLUE: KAFKA WORKS, WITH “LE” CASTLE, JUDGMENT, METAMORPHOSIS, TRIAL
- PURPLE: START WITH HOMOPHONE LETTERS EYE CONTACT, PEA SOUP, SEA CHANGE, TEA LEAVES
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 difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little more difficult, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the final question, as you will be able to answer it through a process of elimination. Additionally, you can make up to four mistakes, giving you some breathing room.
However, it’s a bit more complex than something like Wordle, and the game provides plenty of opportunities to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that could obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games website on computer or mobile.
