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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 21 (Game #924).
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 #925) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- RUSHING
- PIN
- PLAYING
- LATER
- GREETING
- ACY
- RASH
- FUTURE
- WAVE
- BUSINESS
- FUTURE
- FOREHEAD
- STRAND
- FOLLOWING
- MEMBERSHIP
- OVERVOLTAGE
NYT Connections today (game #925) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Incoming
- GREEN: Expected soon
- BLUE: Made of stiff paper
- PURPLE: A colored letter is missing
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 #925) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INFLUX
- GREEN: NEXT
- BLUE: CARD TYPES
- PURPLE: COLORS MINUS LAST LETTER
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #925) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #925 are…
- YELLOW: INFLUX Rash, rush, surge, wave
- GREEN: NEXT COME, FOLLOW, FUTURE, LATER
- BLUE: CARD TYPES BUSINESS, HELLO, MEMBERSHIP, PLAY
- PURPLE: COLORS MINUS LAST LETTER BROW, CYA, PIN, WHIT
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
My mistake was putting COMING in place of RASH in what became a set of words meaning INFLUX.
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one confusing the words in the yellow and green groups, as they sound very similar.
But let’s not focus on that; before my yellow-green confusion came a triumph of color. I first saw CYA and initially thought maybe we were looking for printer ink colors, but the reality was a little simpler. Congratulations if you’ve also joined the purple-first club. Let’s tell strangers how smart we are.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, December 21, match #924)
- YELLOW: CHARACTERISTICS OF A TEAPOT HANDLE, LID, SPOUT, STRAINER
- BLUE: GET UP EMERGENCE, FLOW, CHALLENGE, RESULT
- GREEN: LIBRARY SECTIONS CIRCULATION, PERIODICALS, REFERENCE, BATTERIES
- PURPLE: ____DROP AIR, ABOVE ALL, GUM, RAIN
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.
