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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 12 (Thu #915).
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 #916) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- HERCULES
- POIROT
- AJA
- GAUCHO
- PALACE
- PIAZZA
- ARE
- APOSTLE
- STRAWBERRY
- DEPOSIT
- CHEEKY
- GOOD
- HER
- SAVE
- MORTGAGE
- HAREM
NYT Connections today (game #916) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Big pants
- GREEN: A sound is missing
- BLUE: Local MLB Stars
- PURPLE: A 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 #916) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WIDE LEG PANT STYLES
- GREEN: “T” SILENT
- BLUE: LEGENDS OF THE NEW YORK METS
- PURPLE: GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES MINUS ONE 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 #916) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #916 are…
- YELLOW: WIDE LEG PANT STYLES PANTIES, GAUCHO, HAREM, PALAZZO
- GREEN: “T” SILENT APOSTLE, DEPOSIT, MORTGAGE, POIROT
- BLUE: LEGENDS OF THE NEW YORK METS GOODEN, PIAZZA, SEAVER, STRAWBERRY
- PURPLE: GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES MINUS ONE LETTER AJA, IS, SHE, HERCULES
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
My game today was a miracle of Connections and the result of pure guesswork and random luck rather than knowledge, which is why I call it difficult.
Having no idea about any group and resisting the temptation to join HERCULE and POIROT, I linked CULOTTE, PIAZZA, GAUCHO and PALAZZO because I thought they could all be words for meeting place or town square. But when I got one, I saw the link and replaced PIAZZA with HAREM; that said, PIZZA pants also seem to be a thing.
I arrived at the SILENT “T” by probing the remaining 12 tiles, but the GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES MINUS ONE LETTER were only solved due to the similarity of AJA, ARE and HER. I only added HERCULES because it started with the same letters as another tile. They all count!
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, December 12, match #915)
- YELLOW: CONTAINS HOLD, HOME, KEEP, STORE
- GREEN: MOVE WITH THE WIND BLOW, FLAP, SWING, WAVE
- BLUE: VEGETABLE UNITS BULB, EAR, HEAD, SPEAR
- PURPLE: THINGS DIVIDED INTO TWELVE SEGMENTS CLOCK, FOOT, YEAR, ZODIAC
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.
