NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, December 8 (game #911)
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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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, December 7 (game #910).
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 #911) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- VINE
- WING
- RODEO
- EGG
- COWBOY
- SOFA
- STAR
- ROE
- MINK
- SPUR
- SUNSET
- URGE
- MAVERICK
- MULHOLLAND
- PUSH
- PARS
NYT Connections today (game #911) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Given a push
- GREEN: LA places
- BLUE: Texan athletes
- PURPLE: Missing capitals
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 #911) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GOAD, WITH “ON”
- GREEN: FAMOUS STREETS IN LOS ANGELES
- BLUE: MEMBER OF A DALLAS PRO SPORTS TEAM
- PURPLE: EUROPEAN CAPITALS MINUS SECOND-TO-LAST LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #911) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #911, are…
- YELLOW: GOAD, WITH “ON” EGG, PUSH, SPUR, URGE
- GREEN: FAMOUS STREETS IN LOS ANGELES MULHOLLAND, RODEO, SUNSET, VINE
- BLUE: MEMBER OF A DALLAS PRO SPORTS TEAM COWBOY, MAVERICK, STAR, WING
- PURPLE: EUROPEAN CAPITALS MINUS SECOND-TO-LAST LETTER MINK, PARS, ROE, SOFA
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
Before settling on FAMOUS STREETS IN LOS ANGELES I was convinced that there was a western-themed group with COWBOY, SPUR, MAVERICK and RODEO – but I thankfully abandoned this thread after it cost me a mistake.
Both SPUR and STAR did make me think that there was a sports theme somewhere in this mix, but I stuck to the task and added SPUR to the motivational yellow group, GOAD, WITH “ON”.
I am pleased I got the blue group, as my US sports knowledge is not great, but I knew that the Mavs and Cowboys were Dallas teams, so I took a lucky punt with STAR and WING. With just eight tiles left I was on pretty safe ground as I decided there’s unlikely to be a team called the Dallas Sofas.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, December 7, game #910)
- YELLOW: MOVE AT BREAKNECK SPEED BARREL, BOLT, HURTLE, TEAR
- GREEN: ORGAN MEATS GIZZARD, HEART, TONGUE, TRIPE
- BLUE: WOODWORKING JOINT TERMS DADO, DOVETAIL, MITRE, MORTISE
- PURPLE: EL ____ CAPITAN, DORADO, GRECO, PASO
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.
