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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, December 26 (game #929).
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 #930) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- CREDIT
- VILLAGER
- CALLING
- FIRST
- BUSINESS
- NAME
- REPORT
- NAMESAKE
- DECIDER
- PREMIUM
- CRAFT
- ECONOMY
- LINE
- CITE
- TRADE
- REFERENCE
NYT Connections today (game #930) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: In-flight categories
- BLUE: Do it for the love
- GREEN: Acknowledgment
- PURPLE: Boozy endings
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 #930) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: AIRLINE CLASSES
- BLUE: VOCATION
- GREEN: ATTRIBUTE
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #930) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #930, are…
- YELLOW: AIRLINE CLASSES BUSINESS, ECONOMY, FIRST, PREMIUM
- BLUE: VOCATION CALLING, CRAFT, LINE, TRADE
- GREEN: ATTRIBUTE CITE, CREDIT, NAME, REFERENCE
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DECIDER, NAMESAKE, REPORT, VILLAGER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I’m slightly peeved that I didn’t get the purple group ENDING WITH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES as I saw the sake in NAMESAKE and cider in DECIDER – but somehow missed spotting lager in VILLAGER and port in REPORT. A lesson to be more vigilant.
Not that it mattered, as today’s game was something of a breeze.
The VOCATION group made me think of that phrase “do a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life”, something I wholeheartedly disagree with.
Although doing something you like is easier it still takes dedication and toil to succeed in any job. It’s notions like this that lead to journalists and nurses being underpaid while management consultants and dictators earn a fortune.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, December 26, game #929)
- 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
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.
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