NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, December 18 (game #921)

Date:
Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? 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 (Image credit: New York Times)

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 (Image credit: New York Times)

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 childrens 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 hadnt 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.



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