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 #920) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- KAYAK
- PILOT
- PLANE
- SHELL
- EVEN
- MADAM
- TRUTH
- CIVIC
- LEVEL
- PAW
- ODYSSEY
- CANOE
- LABEL
- RAFT
- FLAT
- AGREEMENT
NYT Connections today (game #920) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of boat
- GREEN: Just what is needed
- BLUE: Cars of a Japanese company
- PURPLE: Adding biblical people
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 #920) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HUMAN-POWERED POWERWATER
- GREEN: FLUSH
- BLUE: HONDA MODELS
- PURPLE: BIBLICAL NUMBERS PLUS STARTING 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 #920) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #920 are…
- YELLOW: HUMAN-POWERED POWERWATER Canoe, Kayak, Raft, Shell
- GREEN: FLUSH EVEN, FLAT, LEVEL, PLAN
- BLUE: HONDA MODELS AGREEMENT, CIVIC, ODYSSEY, PILOT
- PURPLE: BIBLICAL NUMBERS PLUS STARTING LETTER FLUKE, LABEL, MADAM, TRUTH
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
Connections often runs alongside other NYT games and that proved true today with the FLUSH group, which fit well with today’s Strands theme.
From my first view of today’s tiles, I was convinced that there was a group of HONDA MODELS due to the two I was familiar with – ACCORD and CIVIC – but I messed up with KAYAK (which, on second thought, is not a good name for a car) instead of PILOT.
After getting the yellow and green groups, I finally took the plunge with the correct quartet, but I’m sure there are many who got this quartet without error.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, December 16, match #919)
- YELLOW: DANCES BOLERO, FOXTROT, MAMBO, QUICKSTEP
- GREEN: DESCENDANTS COUGUAGE, FAMILY, PROGENY, POSTERITY
- BLUE: HITCHCOCK FILMS LIFEBOAT, ROPE, Spellbound, SUSPICION
- PURPLE: START WITH PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS GAMLER, CHIMERA, DRUM ROLL, RATTLE SNAKE
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.
