Struggling with today’s NYT Connections puzzle? Don’t worry—we’ve got you covered with hints and answers for puzzle #975!
Today’s Theme
Today’s Connections puzzle (#975) has a fun movie collector theme that will test your word association skills. The puzzle features categories related to exhibitions, clever wordplay with initialisms, DVD extras, and wheel parts.
Quick Hints for Each Category
- Yellow (Easiest): Think about large public events and displays
- Green: These words sound like abbreviations when spoken aloud
- Blue: What you’d find on a DVD besides the main movie
- Purple (Hardest): Words that begin with wheel components
Today’s Connections #975 Answers
Yellow – Exhibition: CONVENTION, EXPOSITION, FAIR, SHOW
Green – Words spelling out initialisms: DEEJAY, EMCEE, KAYO, OKAY
Blue – DVD bonus features: COMMENTARY, INTERVIEW, OUTTAKES, TRAILER
Purple – Starting with parts of a wheel: HUBBUB, RIMSHOT, SPOKESPERSON, TIRESOME
Tips for Solving
The key to today’s puzzle is recognizing the DVD bonus features category—if you’ve ever watched special features, words like “commentary” and “outtakes” should jump out at you. The purple category is trickiest, requiring you to identify that HUB, RIM, SPOKE, and TIRE are all wheel parts that start these words.
Good luck with tomorrow’s puzzle!