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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 15 (Thu #918).
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 #919) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- POSTERITY
- GROOM
- LIFEBOAT
- OFFSPRING
- BEWISE
- FOXTROT
- RATTLESNAKE
- MAMBO
- CHIMERA
- ROPE
- BOLERO
- Drum roll
- BRIDGE
- NOT FAST
- FAMILY
- SUSPICION
NYT Connections today (game #919) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Move to the rhythm of the music
- GREEN: Reports
- BLUE: Alfred films
- PURPLE: Rhythm starters
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 #919) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DANCES
- GREEN: DESCENDANTS
- BLUE: HITCHCOCK FILMS
- PURPLE: START WITH PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #919) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #919 are…
- YELLOW: DANCES BOLERO, FOXTROT, MAMBO, QUICKSTEP
- GREEN: DESCENDANTS COUGUAGE, FAMILY, PROGENY, POSTERITY
- BLUE: HITCHCOCK FILMS LIFEBOAT, ROPE, Spellbound, SUSPICION
- PURPLE: START WITH PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS GAMLER, CHIMERA, DRUM ROLL, RATTLE SNAKE
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
It’s always exciting to have the purple group early, but before that, the simple yellow group DANCES was hard to ignore.
After seeing no other connection to the mythical creature CHIMERA, I decided that the connection must be to the word itself rather than its meaning, so the chime, bell, drum and rattle all seemed related and so it turned out.
The final eight gave me slight pause as I could see that SPELLBOUND, SUSPICION and ROPE were all HITCHCOCK FILMS but I only guessed LIFEBOAT as that seemed the most likely.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, December 15, match #918)
- 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
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.
