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 (set #917) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- DUCKLING
- COLONEL
- NAPOLEON
- PRINCESS
- CALF
- PIGLET
- EMPEROR
- FAWN
- JET
- SIREN
- CHALK
- PORK
- TO RENT OUT
- WOULD BE
- BABY
- FLATTER
NYT Connections today (game #917) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Wax lyric about someone
- GREEN: Fairy tale characters
- BLUE: A missing sound
- PURPLE: Animal characters
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 #917) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LAY IT THICKLY
- GREEN: FIGURES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
- BLUE: “L” MUFFLER
- PURPLE: FICTIONAL PIGS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #917) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #917 are…
- YELLOW: LAY IT THICKLY FAWN, FLATTER, GUSH, PRAISE
- GREEN: FIGURES BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON DUCK, EMPEROR, MERMAID, PRINCESS
- BLUE: “L” MUFFLER CALF, CHALK, COLONEL, WOULD
- PURPLE: FICTIONAL PIGS BABY, NAPOLEON, PIGLET, PORKY
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
Purple groups about Greek mythology, grammar, or New York sports are completely beyond me, but if the subject is fictional pigs, I’ll see it right away.
BABE and PIGLET were the obvious duo and PORKY is from Looney Tunes but NAPOLEON was just a guess. At first I thought it was one of the pigs angry Birds but Google informed me that it was in George Orwell’s book Animal Farm.
Getting the hardest group first helped me avoid the baby animal trap and quickly finish the game with another silent group of letters and put it on a thick layer.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday December 13, match #916)
- YELLOW: WIDE LEG PANT STYLES PANTIES, GAUCHO, HAREM, PALAZZO
- GREEN: “T” SILENT APOSTLE, DEPOSIT, MORTGAGE, POIROT
- BLUE: LEGENDS OF THE NEW YORK METS GOODEN, PIAZZA, SEAVER, STRAWBERRY
- PURPLE: GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES MINUS ONE LETTER AJA, IS, SHE, HERCULES
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.
