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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 5 (Thu #908).
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 #909) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MODERATE
- MONITORING
- AVERAGE
- CAR
- NEWTON
- AMAZING
- MEAN
- CHARACTER
- STANDARD
- FLAGORNER
- COOL
- SERVANT
- ADJUST
- ADDERALL
- MONSTER
- BY
NYT Connections today (game #909) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Poor
- GREEN: Soothing words
- BLUE: Singular members of animated films
- PURPLE: Words that start with animals
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 #909) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STANDARD
- GREEN: AMOLIFY
- BLUE: MEMBER OF AN OWNER GROUP IN AN ANIMATION FRANCHISE
- PURPLE: START WITH HERPETOFAUNA
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #909) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #909 are…
- YELLOW: STANDARD AVERAGE, AVERAGE, BY, STANDARD
- GREEN: AMOLIFY COLD, MODERATE, STABLE, TEMPERATURE
- BLUE: MEMBER OF AN OWNER GROUP IN AN ANIMATION FRANCHISE CAR, INCREDIBLE, MINION, MONSTER
- PURPLE: START WITH HERPETOFAUNA ADDERALL, SURVEILLANCE, NEWTON, TOADY
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t thinking about the words STARTING WITH HERPETOFAUNA when I put ADDERALL, MONITORSHIP, NEWTON, and TOADY together. But I thought at first they all had types of animals.
This, however, is one of the things I love about Connections – that it can simultaneously make you feel stupid and send you down a rabbit hole of Google knowledge.
That said, I was disappointed that I didn’t get the blue group from the start, especially after watching the three Pixar films on the list dozens of times.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, December 5, match #908)
- YELLOW: DELICATE COMPLEX, DELICATE, STICKY, HARD
- GREEN: STATE OF BUSINESS CASE, SITUATION, STATUS, HISTORY
- BLUE: CLASSIC BOARD GAMES MASTERMIND, MOUSE TRAP, OPERATION, SORRY
- PURPLE: ____TALK BABY, PILLOW, SMALL, SOFT
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.
