NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, October 12 (game #1219)
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NYT Connections today (game #1219) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- CALAMARI
- MANDARIN
- STATE
- ABBREVIATION
- NICKNAME
- HANDLE
- SHAPE
- WEATHER
- CONDITION
- CONTRACTION
- SITUATION
- BEAR
- ALKYLAMIDE
- STAND
- ELISION
- MELAMINE
NYT Connections today (game #1219) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Where we’re at
- GREEN: Put up or shut up
- BLUE: Brief words
- PURPLE: As seen on letters and packages
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NYT Connections today (game #1219) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STATUS
- GREEN: TOLERATE
- BLUE: WORD SHORTENINGS, OFTEN
- PURPLE: WORDS MADE USING U.S. POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS
The answers to today's Connections, game #1219, are…
- YELLOW: STATUS: CONDITION, SHAPE, SITUATION, STATE
- GREEN: TOLERATE: BEAR, HANDLE, STAND, WEATHER
- BLUE: WORD SHORTENINGS, OFTEN: ABBREVIATION, CONTRACTION, ELISION, NICKNAME
- PURPLE: WORDS MADE USING U.S. POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS: ALKYLAMIDE, CALAMARI, MANDARIN, MELAMINE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Living and growing up outside of the US put me at a disadvantage for today’s purple group — although I am still not sure I would have seen it even if I was based in the States. Kudos if you did.
I managed to get through without making any mistakes, but this was one of those games where I got by on hunches and luck and never had a strong hold on what the group categories might be.
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". Yes folks, it’s a good ‘un.