Mastering Today's Connections Puzzle

Each day, the New York Times releases a fresh Connections puzzle, challenging players to organize words into four distinct categories. Since the game refreshes at midnight in your specific time zone, you might be tackling today's challenge while others are still finishing yesterday's. If you are looking for assistance with game #1219, you have come to the right place.


Connections requires both vocabulary skills and the ability to spot subtle patterns. While it can be quite tricky, here is some guidance to help you clear the board.


Helpful Tips for Success

Before diving into the solutions, remember that the game allows for up to four mistakes, providing a safety net if you are uncertain. Often, the final group can be solved simply through the process of elimination. Watch out for linguistic traps such as homophones or words that seem to fit multiple categories, as the game creators enjoy using these to mislead players.


Category Hints

If you are looking for a nudge in the right direction, here are the themes for the four groups:

  • Yellow: Conditions or states of being.
  • Green: To endure or tolerate something.
  • Blue: Methods of shortening words.
  • Purple: Words incorporating U.S. postal abbreviations.

The Official Answers for Game #1219

Warning: The full solutions are listed below. Do not scroll further if you wish to solve the puzzle yourself.


Here are the completed groups for today's challenge:

  • YELLOW (Status): Condition, Shape, Situation, State
  • GREEN (Tolerate): Bear, Handle, Stand, Weather
  • BLUE (Word Shortenings): Abbreviation, Contraction, Elision, Nickname
  • PURPLE (Words using U.S. Postal Abbreviations): Alkylamide, Calamari, Mandarin, Melamine

«Elision was a word that I had not heard of before, but Abbreviation, Contraction and Nickname all seemed to go together, so I took a chance. I have since discovered that it means omission of one or more sounds, vowels, consonants, or whole syllables from a word or phrase to make speech faster and easier.»

Connections is available to play for free on the official NYT Games website across desktop and mobile devices. Good luck with your daily word challenges!