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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 Friday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Friday, December 19 (Thu #922).
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 #923) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- HEAL
- TIN
- SALT
- LOBSTER
- FOLD
- AUTUMN
- DRY
- BUCKET
- SHOCK
- PRESS
- DRUM
- WASH
- CAN
- DAMNED
- MUSIC
NYT Connections today (game #923) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Keep things in
- GREEN: Laundromat Options
- BLUE: Punk-era British guitar combos
- PURPLE: Start with a stony word
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 #923) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONTAINERS
- GREEN: LAUNDRY SERVICES
- BLUE: BRITISH GROUPS FORMED IN THE 1970S, WITH “THE”
- PURPLE: ROCK ___
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #923) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #923 are…
- YELLOW: CONTAINERS BUCKET, CAN, DRUM, TIN
- GREEN: LAUNDRY SERVICES DRY, FOLD, PRESS, WASH
- BLUE: BRITISH GROUPS FORMED IN THE 1970S, WITH “THE” SHOCK, CURE, DAMNED, FALL
- PURPLE: ROCK ___ BACKGROUND, LOBSTER, MUSIC, SALT
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
If ever there was a Connections game tailor-made for me, this is it.
First of all because the blue group BRITISH BANDS WAS FORMED IN THE 1970S, WITH “THE” contained two of my favorite bands of all time, the CURE and CLASH, but also because the link that helped me get the purple band earlier was Lobster by the B-52s, a song by one of the biggest American bands formed in the 1970s, featuring “the” – the B-52s.
There was another obscure connection to British music among today’s tiles: DRUM was the name of Simon the Good from Duran Duran’s Yacht in the 1980s. I’m sure that was deliberate!
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, December 19, match #922)
- YELLOW: RESULTS DATA, DETAILS, INFORMATION, INTELLIGENCE
- GREEN: DINNER OPTIONS COOK, DELIVERY, GO OUT, LEFTOVERS
- BLUE: US CABINET DEPARTMENTS TRADE, EDUCATION, ENERGY, WORK
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF PLACES TO PARK A SHIP BIRTH, DOC, PAIR, WORF
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.
