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Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.<\/p>\n

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Each day\u2019s game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. Before today\u2019s NYT Connections hints, here\u2019s what you missed on Monday:<\/p>\n

ForbesNYT Connections Hints Today: Monday, December 15 Clues And Answers (#918)By Kris Holt<\/a>ForbesNYT Connections: Today\u2019s Answers Explained (Monday, December 15, #918)By Kris Holt<\/a><\/p>\n

Hey there, Connectors! I hope your week is off to a great start.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m making some plans for 2026 and honestly, it\u2019s shaping up to be a fun year. I\u2019ve got a bunch of concerts lined up and there\u2019s the World Cup too. (I probably won\u2019t be going to the World Cup in person, though. Have you seen those ticket prices?) I have some tentative vacation plans as well. I should get a move on and lock those in before things get too expensive. <\/p>\n

Before we start, I want to mention the great community we have on Discord<\/a>, where we chat about Connections, the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. It\u2019s a lovely, welcoming group of folks. I like to call it our cozy little corner of the internet. You\u2019re more than welcome to join us. Don\u2019t be shy! <\/p>\n

Today\u2019s NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, December 16 are coming right up. Let\u2019s get rolling!<\/p>\n

Play Puzzles & Games on Forbes<\/p>\n

NYT Connections \u2013 How To Play<\/p>\n

Connections is a free New York Times daily word game that you can play on the NYT\u2019s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive, which includes every previous game.<\/p>\n

Connections presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don\u2019t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that\u2019s what you have to figure out.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it\u2019s game over.<\/p>\n

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs \u2013 part of the fun of Connections is in how the NYT shakes things up to keep you on your toes.<\/p>\n

As with Wordle and similar games, it\u2019s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.<\/p>\n

Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow \u2013 correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.<\/p>\n

NYT Connections Hints \u2013 Today\u2019s Word List<\/p>\n

Scroll slowly! I\u2019ll first give you a list of today\u2019s words, then a hint for each category. After that, I\u2019ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I\u2019ll tell you the category names, followed by the full answers.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s 16 words are…<\/p>\n

POSTERITYBELLHOPLIFEBOATOFFSPRINGSPELLBOUNDFOXTROTRATTLESNAKEMAMBOCHIMERAROPEBOLERODRUMROLLBROODQUICKSTEPFAMILYSUSPICIONNYT Connections Hints <\/p>\n

And the hints for today\u2019s Connections groups are:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 one step (and hip swivel) at a time\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 won’t someone please think about the children?\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 when it all went downhill for Mary and Rebecca, they became notorious for murder(!)\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 a good song starts with a solid beatNYT Connections Hints \u2013 One Answer Per Group<\/p>\n

Need some extra help? <\/p>\n

Be warned: we\u2019re starting to get into spoiler territory.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at one answer for each group.<\/p>\n

Here we go\u2026<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 MAMBO\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 OFFSPRING\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 ROPE\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 RATTLESNAKENYT Connections Hints \u2013 Groups\/Categories<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Connections groups are…<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 dances\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 descendants\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 Hitchcock movies\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 starting with percussion instruments NYT Connections Answers<\/p>\n

Spoiler alert! Don\u2019t scroll any further down the page until you\u2019re ready to find out today\u2019s Connections answers.<\/p>\n

This is your last chance to look away.<\/p>\n

This is your final warning!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Connections answers are… <\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 dances (BOLERO, FOXTROT, MAMBO, QUICKSTEP)\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 descendants (BROOD, FAMILY, OFFSPRING, POSTERITY)\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 Hitchcock movies (LIFEBOAT, ROPE, SPELLBOUND, SUSPICION)\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 starting with percussion instruments (BELLHOP, CHIMERA, DRUMROLL, RATTLESNAKE)<\/p>\n

There were a bunch of words on the grid that ended in a form of movement: (BELL)HOP, (OFF)SPRING, (SPELL)BOUND, (FOX)TROT, (DRUM)ROLL and (QUICK)STEP. I took my chances with the first four of those since they all have a type of jumping motion. But no, I wasn\u2019t close to a group there. So I must have run into a red herring.<\/p>\n

RATTLESNAKE kept calling to me, though. That didn\u2019t seem to fit with anything else, so I figured it was a purple. DRUMROLL and BELLHOP stood out as words that started with percussion instruments too. It took me a minute to realize that CHIMERA (chime) was the fourth word to lock down my first group of the day.<\/p>\n

From there, everything fell into place quickly, starting with the yellow dances, then the green children. It took me a moment to realize that POSTERITY was the fourth word, as I’d never heard it used in that context. That left the blues, and the connection clicked for me as soon as I saw them fall into place on the bottom line.<\/p>\n

That’s win number 290 on the (fox)trot for your pal, Kris. How did you get on today? Here’s my grid:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe8
\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea
\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8
\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9
\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6<\/p>\n

Want to know more about how everything fits together? Let\u2019s explore today\u2019s game in more depth in my NYT Connections Answers Explained column here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

ForbesNYT Connections: Today\u2019s Answers Explained (Tuesday, December 16, #919)By Kris Holt<\/a><\/p>\n

That\u2019s all there is to it for today\u2019s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog<\/a> tomorrow for hints and the solution for Wednesday\u2019s game if you need them.<\/p>\n

P.S. I was going to offer up a different recommendation today, but with OFFSPRING on the grid, I have to switch that up. They\u2019re one of the bands I\u2019m seeing live next year \u2013 in just a couple of months, in fact. Even though I\u2019ve heard mixed things about their live show, I\u2019m looking forward to it because I\u2019ve never seen them in person.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019ve always enjoyed \u201cWant You Bad.\u201d While it\u2019s hardly my favorite song of theirs, it\u2019s a fun one:<\/p>\n

Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!<\/p>\n

Please follow my blog<\/a> for more NYT Connections hints and help with other word games, and even some video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! Sharing this column with other people who play Connections would be appreciated too. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my newsletter, Pastimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections. getty Each day\u2019s game of NYT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[33658,96285,156,3922,111,139,3920,3918,117243,3917,11132,3919,3921,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-185945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-connections","9":"tag-connections-hint-today","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-how-to-play-nyt-connections","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nyt-connections-answers","15":"tag-nyt-connections-clues","16":"tag-nyt-connections-december-16","17":"tag-nyt-connections-hints","18":"tag-nyt-connections-monday","19":"tag-nyt-connections-solution","20":"tag-nyt-connections-today","21":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}