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, February 19 (game #984).
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 #985) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- MAGIC WAND
- ECLIPSE
- TOP HAT
- DONKEY
- TIDE
- PLAYING CARD
- WEREWOLF
- BOOT
- SILVER BULLET
- IRON
- CHEESE
- GREEN CHEESE
- SOCKET
- PANACEA
- THIMBLE
- EASY ANSWER
NYT Connections today (game #985) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: An immediate solution
- GREEN: Lunar links
- BLUE: Property trading game pieces
- PURPLE: Connected to a name that rhymes with “back”
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 #985) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: QUICK FIX
- GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOON
- BLUE: ORIGINAL MONOPOLY TOKENS
- PURPLE: WHAT "JACK" MIGHT REFER TO
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #985) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #985, are…
- YELLOW: QUICK FIX EASY ANSWER, MAGIC WAND, PANACEA, SILVER BULLET
- GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOON ECLIPSE, GREEN CHEESE, TIDE, WEREWOLF
- BLUE: ORIGINAL MONOPOLY TOKENS BOOT, IRON, THIMBLE, TOP HAT
- PURPLE: WHAT "JACK" MIGHT REFER TO CHEESE, DONKEY, PLAYING CARD, SOCKET
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
I was on the right track with all the groups today, but made mistakes for all of them.
For ORIGINAL MONOPOLY TOKEN I had PLAYING CARD instead of THIMBLE, then for QUICK FIX I thought the link was about chance so I tried PLAYING CARD again, this time instead of PANACEA, and for ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOON I had CHEESE instead of GREEN CHEESE.
Fortunately, in every case I got a “one away” pop up and was able to see my error, but this was not my greatest of games.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, February 19, game #984)
- YELLOW: EASTER SUPPLIES BASKET, DYE, EGGS, PEEPS
- GREEN: FIREPLACE ACCESSORIES BELLOWS, POKER, SHOVEL, TONGS
- BLUE: ELEMENTS OF "SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER" DISCO, JOHN TRAVOLTA, PLATFORM SHOES, POLYESTER SUIT
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF WAYS TO COOK SOMETHING BOYLE, BRAYS, SEER, STU
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.
