NYT Connections today - my hints and answers for December 28 (#931)

NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, December 28 (game #931) My clues will help you solve the NYT's Connections puzzle today and keep that streak going (Image credit: New York Times) (Image credit: New York Times) 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 Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, December 27 (game #930) . 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 #931) - today's words Today's NYT Connections words are... DUSKY SPRING STILL PERRIER BOX STATIONARY GEAR ENVELOPE NOODLE RATCHET TUBE STATIC PAWL CONSTANT SOXER MAILER NYT Connections today (game #931) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: In the post GREEN: Hold it BLUE: Analog engineering PURPLE: Altered canines 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... Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. NYT Connections today (game #931) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: CONTAINERS FOR SHIPPING GREEN: UNMOVING BLUE: MECHANICAL WATCH PARTS PURPLE: DOGS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #931) - the answers The answers to today's Connections, game #931, are... YELLOW: CONTAINERS FOR SHIPPING BOX, ENVELOPE, MAILER, TUBE GREEN: UNMOVING CONSTANT, STATIC, STATIONARY, STILL BLUE: MECHANICAL WATCH PARTS GEAR, PAWL, RATCHET, SPRING PURPLE: DOGS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED DUSKY, NOODLE, PERRIER, SOXER My rating: Easy My score: Perfect The first task today was ignoring the very obvious collection of water types - SPRING, STILL, and PERRIER - positioned temptingly along the first row of tiles. Fortunately I managed to resist and saw instead that STILL had some partners in STATIC, STATIONARY and CONSTANT. After getting the green group and with PERRIER still in play, I deduced that it must be something to do with the word rather than what it represented - but it was sounding out NOODLE and DUSKY that helped me find all of the DOGS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED; Terrier was the breed hiding in the guise...

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