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 17 (game #920).
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 #921) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- HERO
- BUTTERFLY
- FELT
- FANCY
- GLITTER
- FANTASY
- STAR
- MEDIA
- DAYDREAM
- WORKER
- PRINCIPAL
- POMPOM
- SECURITY
- LEAD
- PIPE CLEANER
- ILLUSION
NYT Connections today (game #921) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Hopeful thoughts
- GREEN: The main character
- BLUE: As seen in art class
- PURPLE: Precede with a friendly word
Need more clues?
NYT Connections today (game #921) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BIT OF WISHFUL THINKING
- GREEN: PROTAGONIST
- BLUE: COMPONENT OF AN ARTS AND CRAFTS PROJECT
- PURPLE: SOCIAL _____
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #921) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #921, are…
- YELLOW: BIT OF WISHFUL THINKING DAYDREAM, FANCY, FANTASY, ILLUSION
- GREEN: PROTAGONIST HERO, LEAD, PRINCIPAL, STAR
- BLUE: COMPONENT OF AN ARTS AND CRAFTS PROJECT FELT, GLITTER, PIPE CLEANER, POMPOM
- PURPLE: SOCIAL _____ BUTTERFLY, MEDIA, SECURITY, WORKER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 mistake
My single error was in remembering my own children’s artistic pieces at this time of year when they were younger and they would bring home creations stuck to breakfast cereal boxes, all of which would included a STAR in some form.
Alas, this was not a COMPONENT OF AN ARTS AND CRAFT PROJECT in the Connections multiverse but POMPOM was – for some reason I was reserving POMPOM and BUTTERFLY for a later quartet.
From here it was all plain sailing, although in hindsight I wish I hadn’t rushed in with PROTAGINIST and collected what became the purple group instead. Congratulations if you saw SOCIAL ____ early.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, December 17, game #920)
- 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
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.
