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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 Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Sunday, December 14 (Thu #917).
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 #918) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SEE
- MONSTER
- QUARTER
- HUNDRED
- SEMI
- CELSIUS
- BUMPER
- DUMP
- JOINT
- GIANT
- FINAL
- HOLE
- TITANIC
- QUALIFIER
- DIVE
- COLD
NYT Connections today (game #918) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: The path to glory
- GREEN: Massive
- BLUE: Difficult 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 themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections today (game #918) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TOURNAMENT ROUNDS
- GREEN: HUGE
- BLUE: DECREPUTATE ESTABLISHMENT
- PURPLE: WHAT THE “C” COULD MEAN
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL 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, QUALIFYING, QUARTER, HALF
- GREEN: HUGE BUMPER, GIANT, MONSTER, TITANIC
- BLUE: DECREPUTATE ESTABLISHMENT DIVING, DISCHARGE, HOLE, JOINT
- PURPLE: WHAT THE “C” COULD MEAN CELSIUS, COLD, HUNDRED, SEE
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
Besides being annoyed that I didn’t get the easy enough purple group, I’m glad that I got through a game in order of difficulty.
With the horror of the fever dream of the World Cup draw still heavy on my mind, TOURNAMENT ROUNDS immediately emerged – as did ENORMOUS, with its reminder of the meaning of TITANIC.
By the way, there’s a Thai restaurant near me in London called Thai Tanic – a truly disastrous name on many levels, but apparently they make a really good Khao Soi.
Anyway, I digress. JOINT was a bit of an exception in the group of UNREPUTABLE ESTABLISHMENTS, but perhaps “slum” would have been too depressing.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, December 14, match #917)
- 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
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.
