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 #927) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SINGLE
- CHEW
- PAPER
- POBERGE
- BACON
- CHAMPION
- CARBONIZE
- WHISTLE
- TO BITE
- SILK
- ABDUCTION
- CHEESE
- BUMP
- BREAD
- ALONE
- CHEW
NYT Connections today (game #927) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Cash Jargon
- GREEN: Pleasure of food
- BLUE: Sea creatures
- PURPLE: Musical voices more
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 #927) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SLANG FOR MONEY
- GREEN: MASTIC
- BLUE FISH
- VIOLET: WAYS TO VOCALIZE MUSICALLY PLUS A 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 #927) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #927 are…
- YELLOW: SLANG FOR MONEY BACON, BREAD, CHEESE, PAPER
- GREEN: MASTIC BITE, FIELD, CHEW, MUNCH
- BLUE FISH Char, Pollock, Sole, Tang
- VIOLET: WAYS TO VOCALIZE MUSICALLY PLUS A LETTER HUMP, RAPT, MONKEY, WHISTLE
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
If I had confidence in CHAR I would have gone with this group first, but had to leave it until the options were minimized.
Instead, it was noticing rapping in RAPT and singing in MONKEY that made me examine each tile to see if they hid other WAYS TO MUSICALLY VOCALIZE PLUS A LETTER – not that I had originally spotted the “plus a letter” element.
Getting this purple band first made my Christmas Eve. I hope you did too.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, December 23, match #926)
- YELLOW: VULNERABILITY ACHILLES HEEL, DROP, KRYPTONITE, SOFT STITCH
- GREEN: FREUDIAN CONCEPTS FIXATION, OEDIPUS COMPLEX, SUPER-EGO, UNCONSCIOUS
- BLUE: CHARACTERS IN CAPES DARTH VADER, DRACULA, LITTLE RED HOOD, SUPERMAN
- PURPLE: START WITH SLANG FOR SAUSAGE BRATZ, DOGMA, FRANKENSTEIN, LINKLATER
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.
