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 25 (game #928).
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 #929) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MOVIE EXEC
- PANTHER
- FRIDAY
- AMERICA
- WIDOW
- BUDDY
- JOURNEY
- SURFER
- CRINGE
- FOREST
- TECH BRO
- CHICAGO
- STONER
- FOREIGNER
- SCREWBALL
- VALLEY GIRL
NYT Connections today (game #929) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LA area clichés
- GREEN: Niche laughs
- BLUE: Classic AOR combos
- PURPLE: Precede with a color that’s not white
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 #929) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CALIFORNIA-BASED CHARACTER TROPES
- GREEN: COMEDY SUBGENRES
- BLUE: ‘7OS ROCK BANDS
- PURPLE: BLACK ____
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #929) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #929, are…
- YELLOW: CALIFORNIA-BASED CHARACTER TROPES MOVIE EXEC, SURFER, TECH BRO, VALLEY GIRL
- GREEN: COMEDY SUBGENRES BUDDY, CRINGE, SCREWBALL, STONER
- BLUE: ‘7OS ROCK BANDS AMERICA, CHICAGO, FOREIGNER, JOURNEY
- PURPLE: BLACK ____ FOREST, FRIDAY, PANTHER, WIDOW
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
The thrill of getting purple first doesn’t fade, but today’s quartet felt a little easier than normal and felt more like the easiest group than the toughest. Not that I’m complaining.
Both CALIFORNIA-BASED CHARACTER TROPES and COMEDY SUBGENRES were groups that I got because they sounded like similar things rather than knowing the real reasons for grouping them together. The Big Lebowski contains elements of all the tropes and all the subgenres.
As a former music journalist I really should have solved the blue group first. However, as a former indie punk kid/music snob I also have a blindness to anything that could be described as AOR or soft rock.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, December 25, game #928)
- YELLOW: ORNATE, AS PROSE EXCESSIVE, FLOWERY, MELODRAMATIC, PURPLE
- GREEN: CREATE COIN, FASHION, HATCH, MAKE UP
- BLUE: THINGS WITH STEMS CHERRY, FLOWER, MUSICAL NOTE, WINE GLASS
- PURPLE: COMPRISED OF SOLFEGE (DO-RE-MI) LAREDO, MIRE, RETIRE, SOLTI
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.
- YELLOW: ORNATE, AS PROSE EXCESSIVE, FLOWERY, MELODRAMATIC, PURPLE
- GREEN: CREATE COIN, FASHION, HATCH, MAKE UP
- BLUE: THINGS WITH STEMS CHERRY, FLOWER, MUSICAL NOTE, WINE GLASS
- PURPLE: COMPRISED OF SOLFEGE (DO-RE-MI) LAREDO, MIRE, RETIRE, SOLTI
