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 #914) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- THAT
- WILL BE
- RABBIT
- EARS
- QUEUE
- DEVIL
- GNOME
- GRILL
- TO INPUT
- BOWL
- SHE
- JACKET
- SHED
- ARE
- ARE
- SPRINKLER
NYT Connections today (game #914) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Out of the house
- GREEN: Similar letters
- BLUE: Alphabetical similes
- PURPLE: Star with a word describing sandy earth
Need more clues?
NYT Connections today (game #914) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THINGS SEEN IN A YARD
- GREEN: ANAGRAMS
- BLUE: HOMOPHONES LETTER
- PURPLE: DUST
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #914) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #914 are…
- YELLOW: THINGS SEEN IN A YARD GNOME, GRILL, HABRI, SPRINKLER
- GREEN: ANAGRAMS ARES, EARS, SEAR, WILL
- BLUE: HOMOPHONES LETTER ARE, SHE, THAT, TAIL
- PURPLE: DUST BOWL, RABBIT, DEVIL, JACKET
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
Connections can play tricks on the brain and the one thing I always have to be wary of is not falling into the trap of obvious foursomes – because they are often traps. But the problem is sometimes these obvious foursomes that you think are traps? Well, today they are real groups.
This mind game came up twice today – once with the blue group of HOMOPHONE LETTERS and also with the ANAGRAM LETTERS, which seemed so obvious that I left it alone.
Meanwhile, THINGS SEEN IN A YARD is a recurring category and well, the purple group I chose because they made more sense together rather than guessing that DUST was the connection.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday, December 10, match #913)
- YELLOW: “MY GOD! » DEAR, GRACIOUS, HEAVEN, MERCY
- GREEN: IMITATION COPY, DUMMY, DUPE, FAKE
- BLUE: CONFECTION CANDY, LOLLY, SUCKER, SWEET
- PURPLE: WHAT THE “Y” COULD MEAN WHY, YEAR, YELLOW, YES
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.
