NYT Connections Answers (December 9): Puzzle #911 Bamboozled You? Check Hints, & Solution

NYT Connections Answers: The New York Times' daily puzzle, Connections, returned with its December 9 challenge, and today's board had many players confused. As always, the goal was to sort 16 words into four hidden groups. It sounds easy, but the puzzle uses clever traps that make you think twice.

Like Wordle, Connections resets every day and has become a top pick for people who love word games that test logic and pattern spotting. If today's puzzle felt tough, you'll find all the hints and the full solution below.

Connections is a game where you are given 16 words. Your job is to sort them into four groups of four based on one clear theme. Each word fits into only one group. The tricky part is that many words look like they could belong to more than one theme.

For example, "Hook," "Nana," "Peter," and "Wendy" are all Peter Pan characters. Another example is "Action," "Ballpark," "Go," and "Stick," which all come before the word "Figure."

You only get four mistakes. When you make the fourth wrong guess, the puzzle ends and the answers are shown to you. Each group has a colour level to show how hard it is:

Even though the layout looks simple, most players make mistakes because the puzzle is designed to trick you.