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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’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Tuesday, December 9 (Thu #912).
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 #913) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- FOR WHAT
- YES
- DEAR
- SOFT
- YEAR
- COPY
- SUCTION CUP
- DUMMY
- FAKE
- GRACIOUS
- YELLOW
- CANDY
- MERCY
- MONEY
- DUPE
- SKIES
NYT Connections today (game #913) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Surprised expression
- GREEN: Unreal
- BLUE: A treat
- PURPLE: The letter after
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 #913) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “MY GOD! »
- GREEN: IMITATION
- BLUE: CONFECTION
- PURPLE: WHAT THE “Y” COULD MEAN
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #913) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #913 are…
- YELLOW: “MY GOD! » DEAR, GRACIOUS, HEAVEN, MERCY
- GREEN: IMITATION COPY, DUMMY, DUPE, FAKE
- BLUE: CONFECTION CANDY, LOLLY, SUCKER, SWEET
- PURPLE: WHAT THE “Y” COULD MEAN WHY, YEAR, YELLOW, YES
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
My mistake was trying to put together a quartet of words that roughly meant loser, so I had DUMMY, DUPE, SUCKER and FAKE. Luckily, the “one away” pop-up led me to the correct answer.
SUCKER then found its way into my second group, due to its other meaning of lollipop.
With eight tiles left, I got the purple group just by thinking that all the Y words must be related in some way and I added WHY because it looks like Y, but I wasn’t sure it would be correct.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, December 9, match #912)
- YELLOW: TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CONSIDER, COUNT, FACTOR, INCLUDE
- GREEN: STRIPED ANIMALS CLOWNFISH, BEES, TIGERS, ZEBRA
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH RAINBOW DOROTHY GALE, LEPRECHAUN, PRIDE, UNICORN
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH THE NUMBERS OF HOMOPHONES FIEVEL, FRONT, TOUCAN, MARVEL
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.
