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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, December 3 (game #906).
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 #907) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- DRAW CLOSE
- PUZZLE
- ROSTRUM
- NUZZLE
- GUZZLE
- IKEA
- FURNITURE
- MUZZLE
- LEGO SET
- HOLD TIGHT
- KNOCK BACK
- MODEL
- SPOON
- SWILL
- BEAK
- POUND DOWN
- PROBOSCIS
NYT Connections today (game #907) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Getting intimate
- GREEN: Consume quickly
- BLUE: Put together
- PURPLE: Noses
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 #907) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CUDDLE
- GREEN: IMBIBE
- BLUE: THINGS YOU ASSEMBLE
- PURPLE: SNOUTS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #907) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #907, are…
- YELLOW: CUDDLE DRAW CLOSE, HOLD TIGHT, NUZZLE, SPOON
- GREEN: IMBIBE GUZZLE, KNOCK BACK, POUND DOWN, SWILL
- BLUE: THINGS YOU ASSEMBLE IKEA FURNITURE, LEGO SET, MODEL, PUZZLE
- PURPLE: SNOUTS BEAK, MUZZLE, PROBOSCIS, ROSTRUM
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
All the "uzzle" words were confusing today and in a moment of temporary blindness I lost one mistake by including MUZZLE instead of NUZZLE in what became the green CUDDLE group.
IKEA FURNITURE was the tile that immediately jumped out at me. Having spent many hours putting together beds, shelves and tables from the Swedish giants I knew how akin to a puzzle they are.
I also learned the hard way that you need to be methodical and count up all those wooden dowels and then attempt to decode the visual instructions before getting to work with the Allen key. An approach, I feel that has helped me with Connections – when I rush I fail, when I slow down I do okay. Having said that, my Billy bookcase did collapse after about six days.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, December 3, game #906)
- YELLOW: KINDS OF JEWELRY BANGLE, CHAIN, CHARM, RING
- GREEN: SOCIAL GATHERING EVENT, FUNCTION, PARTY, RECEPTION
- BLUE: PETITION (FOR) APPEAL, CAMPAIGN, LOBBY, PRESS
- PURPLE: "___ MAN" SONGS FROM THE '70S IRON, MACHO, PIANO, ROCKET
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.
