A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, December 11 (game #914).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #915) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- HOUSE
- CLOCK
- EAR
- FLAP
- BULB
- WAVE
- HEAD
- YEAR
- FOOT
- STORE
- BLOW
- SPEAR
- HOLD
- SWAY
- ZODIAC
- KEEP
NYT Connections today (game #915) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Boxed in
- GREEN: Free and breezy
- BLUE: Produce measuring
- PURPLE: By the dozen
Need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #915) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CONTAIN
- GREEN: MOVE IN THE WIND
- BLUE: VEGETABLE UNITS
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE DIVIDED INTO TWELVE SEGMENTS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #915) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #915, are…
- YELLOW: CONTAIN HOLD, HOUSE, KEEP, STORE
- GREEN: MOVE IN THE WIND BLOW, FLAP, SWAY, WAVE
- BLUE: VEGETABLE UNITS BULB, EAR, HEAD, SPEAR
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE DIVIDED INTO TWELVE SEGMENTS CLOCK, FOOT, YEAR, ZODIAC
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I put VEGETABLE UNITS and THINGS THAT ARE DIVIDED INTO TWELVE SEGMENTS on the back burner while I solved the easier groups.
I was fairly sure I was on the right track, but was suffering from a crisis of confidence. CLOCK, YEAR and ZODIAC all seemed to be linked by the number 12 but I was uncertain about FOOT – only remembering afterwards that 12 inches make up a foot. D'oh!
My hesitation over VEGETABLE UNITS was BULB. I knew EAR, HEAD and SPEAR were connected to corn, lettuce and asparagus, but it wasn’t until the game was over that I finally remembered that we buy garlic in bulbs. Or, if you’re lazy like me, frozen and pre-chopped.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, December 11, game #914)
- YELLOW: THINGS SEEN IN A YARD GNOME, GRILL, SHED, SPRINKLER
- GREEN: ANAGRAMS ARES, EARS, SEAR, SERA
- BLUE: LETTER HOMOPHONES ARE, ELLE, QUE, QUEUE
- PURPLE: DUST BOWL, BUNNY, DEVIL, JACKET
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
