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 #931) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- DARK
- SPRING
- ALWAYS
- PERRIER
- BOX
- STATIONARY
- GEAR
- ENVELOPE
- NOODLE
- RATCHET
- TUBE
- STATIC
- PAWL
- CONSTANT
- SOXER
- SENDER
NYT Connections today (game #931) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: In the message
- GREEN: hold it
- BLUE: Analog engineering
- PURPLE: Damaged canines
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 #931) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONTAINERS FOR SHIPPING
- GREEN: REAL ESTATE
- BLUE: MECHANICAL WATCH PARTS
- PURPLE: DOGS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #931) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #931 are…
- YELLOW: CONTAINERS FOR SHIPPING BOX, ENVELOPE, SHIPPING, TUBE
- GREEN: REAL ESTATE CONSTANT, STATIC, STATIONARY, ALWAYS
- BLUE: MECHANICAL WATCH PARTS GEAR, RATCHET, RATCHET, SPRING
- PURPLE: DOGS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED DUSKY, NOODLES, PERRIER, SOXER
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
The first task today was to ignore the very obvious collection of water types – SPRING, STILL and PERRIER – positioned tantalizingly along the first row of tiles.
Luckily I managed to resist and instead saw that STILL had a few partners in STATIC, STATIONARY and CONSTANT.
After collecting the green group and with PERRIER still in play, I deduced that it must have had something to do with the word rather than what it stood for – but it was NOODLE and DUSKY’s survey that helped me find all the DOGS WITH THE FIRST LETTER CHANGED; The Terrier was the breed hiding under the guise of French soda water.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday December 27, match #930)
- YELLOW: AIRLINE CLASSES BUSINESS, ECONOMY, FIRST, PREMIUM
- BLUE: VOCATION CALL, CRAFTS, LINE, TRADE
- GREEN: ATTRIBUTE CITE, CREDIT, NAME, REFERENCE
- PURPLE: END WITH ALCOHOLIC DRINKS DECISION MAKER, namesake, report, villager
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.
