NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, December 23 (game #926)

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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 #926) - today's words

NYT Connections hints for game 926 on a purple background

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

  • DRACULA
  • DOGMA
  • UNCONSCIOUS
  • KRYPTONITE
  • FRANKENSTEIN
  • FIXATION
  • ACHILLES' HEEL
  • SUPERMAN
  • OEDIPUS
  • COMPLEX
  • SOFT SPOT
  • LITTLE RED
  • RIDING HOOD
  • LINKLATER
  • DOWNFALL
  • DARTH VADER
  • BRATZ
  • SUPEREGO

NYT Connections today (game #926) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: Weakness
  • GREEN: Sigmund’s ideas
  • BLUE: Outerwear in common
  • PURPLE: Food item found in a bun

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…

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NYT Connections today (game #926) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: VULNERABILITY
  • GREEN: FREUDIAN CONCEPTS
  • BLUE: CHARACTERS IN CAPES
  • PURPLE: STARTING WITH SLANG FOR SAUSAGE

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #926) - the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 926 on a purple background

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The answers to today's Connections, game #926, are…

  • YELLOW: VULNERABILITY ACHILLES' HEEL, DOWNFALL, KRYPTONITE, SOFT SPOT
  • GREEN: FREUDIAN CONCEPTS FIXATION, OEDIPUS COMPLEX, SUPEREGO, UNCONSCIOUS
  • BLUE: CHARACTERS IN CAPES DARTH VADER, DRACULA, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, SUPERMAN
  • PURPLE: STARTING WITH SLANG FOR SAUSAGE BRATZ, DOGMA, FRANKENSTEIN, LINKLATER

  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: 1 mistake

I am sure there were plenty of sausage heads (is that the right term?) who spotted the purple group immediately. Alas, I was not among them.

Instead, my focus was on psychology and what became FREUDIAN CONCEPTS. My mistake came about because I thought that ACHILLES’ HEEL belonged alongside OEDIPUS COMPLEX – it’s all Greek to me.

From here it was an easy home run, with CHARACTERS IN CAPES being a pleasing group of heroes and villains.


Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, December 22, game #925)

  • YELLOW: INFLUX RASH, RUSH, SURGE, WAVE
  • GREEN: SUBSEQUENT COMING, FOLLOWING, FUTURE, LATER
  • BLUE: KINDS OF CARDS BUSINESS, GREETING, MEMBERSHIP, PLAYING
  • PURPLE: COLORS MINUS LAST LETTER BROW, CYA, PIN, WHIT

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.

Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.

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