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 #928) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- LAREDO
- MUSICAL NOTE
- MAKE UP
- PURPLE
- WINE GLASS
- SOLTI
- FLOWER
- FLOWER
- WITHDRAW
- COIN
- CHERRY
- TRAP
- EXCESSIVE
- FASHION
- MUD
- MELODRAMATIC
NYT Connections today (game #928) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Too poetic
- GREEN: produce something
- BLUE: Look who’s stalking
- PURPLE: As heard in The sound of music
Need more clues?
NYT Connections today (game #928) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ORNATE, LIKE PROSE
- GREEN: CREATE
- BLUE: THINGS WITH STEMS
- PURPLE: UNDERSTANDING SOLFÈGE (DO-RE-MI)
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #928) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #928 are…
- YELLOW: ORNATE, LIKE PROSE EXCESSIVE, FLORAL, MELODRAMATIC, PURPLE
- GREEN: CREATE CURRENCY, FASHION, TRAPPE, MAKEUP
- BLUE: THINGS WITH STEMS CHERRY, FLOWER, MUSICAL NOTE, WINE GLASS
- PURPLE: UNDERSTANDING SOLFÈGE (DO-RE-MI) LAREDO, MIRE, RETREAT, SOLTI
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
They say that every day is a school day and there is no day off on Christmas Day, because today I learned that solfoge is a system of music education using syllables like Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do to teach pitch recognition.
The first thing I thought when I saw the painting was that LAREDO didn’t correspond to anything. I knew it was a town in Texas and also the title of a great Band of Horses song, but I failed to see the connection with today’s other misnomer, SOLTI.
THINGS WITH STEMS I got to this very quickly, but not because I thought they were all things with stems but because I thought they were all emojis related in some way. I love how you can be wrong, but also be right when playing Connections.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday December 24, match #927)
- 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
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.
