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.
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 #920) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- KAYAK
- PILOT
- PLANE
- SHELL
- EVEN
- MADAM
- TRUTH
- CIVIC
- LEVEL
- FLUKE
- ODYSSEY
- DUGOUT
- LABEL
- RAFT
- FLAT
- ACCORD
NYT Connections today (game #920) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of boat
- GREEN: Just right
- BLUE: Cars by Japanese company
- PURPLE: Added Bible folks
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 #920) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HUMAN-POWERED WATERCRAFT
- GREEN: FLUSH
- BLUE: HONDA MODELS
- PURPLE: BIBLICAL FIGURES PLUS STARTING LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY 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 WATERCRAFT DUGOUT, KAYAK, RAFT, SHELL
- GREEN: FLUSH EVEN, FLAT, LEVEL, PLANE
- BLUE: HONDA MODELS ACCORD, CIVIC, ODYSSEY, PILOT
- PURPLE: BIBLICAL FIGURES PLUS STARTING LETTER FLUKE, LABEL, MADAM, TRUTH
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
Connections often runs in parallel with other NYT games and so it proved today with the group FLUSH, which fitted nicely with today’s Strands theme.
From my first sight of today’s tiles I was convinced that there was a group of HONDA MODELS due to the two I knew – ACCORD and CIVIC – but I screwed up with KAYAK (which on reflection is not a great name for a car) instead of PILOT.
After getting the yellow and green groups I finally made the plunge with the correct quartet, but I’m sure there were many who got this quartet without an error.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, December 16, game #919)
- YELLOW: DANCES BOLERO, FOXTROT, MAMBO, QUICKSTEP
- GREEN: DESCENDANTS BROOD, FAMILY, OFFSPRING, POSTERITY
- BLUE: HITCHCOCK MOVIES LIFEBOAT, ROPE, SPELLBOUND, SUSPICION
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS BELLHOP, CHIMERA, DRUMROLL, RATTLESNAKE
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.