Spoiler warning: Hints come first; the complete answers for NYT Connections game #918 follow below. This archive puzzle was published for Monday, December 15, 2025, so it is not today’s current daily game.
Hints for Connections #918
Try these clues before looking at the category names or full solutions. They are paraphrased from TechRadar’s hint guide.
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- Yellow: Think of the route to glory.
- Green: Each word can mean massive.
- Blue: Picture a rough or disreputable place.
- Purple: Consider different meanings or uses of the letter C.
Category names
- Yellow: Tournament rounds
- Green: Enormous
- Blue: Disreputable establishment
- Purple: What “C” might mean
Full answers and explanations
Each group below contains four entries from the puzzle’s 16-word bank.
Yellow: Tournament rounds
FINAL, QUALIFIER, QUARTER, SEMI
These refer to stages in a tournament. QUARTER and SEMI stand for quarter-final and semi-final, rather than referring to quantities on their own.
#1 Best Overall
Green: Enormous
BUMPER, GIANT, MONSTER, TITANIC
All four can describe something very large. TITANIC fits as a synonym for enormous; Forbes notes the word’s connection to the Titans of Greek mythology, not an origin in the ship’s name.
Blue: Disreputable establishment
DIVE, DUMP, HOLE, JOINT
These are informal terms for a dingy or disreputable place, such as a bar.
Rank #2
Purple: What “C” might mean
CELSIUS, COLD, ONE HUNDRED, SEE
The letter C can stand for Celsius, indicate cold on a tap in some places, represent 100 as a Roman numeral, or be written as the word “see.” Tap labels vary by language: Forbes points out that in French, C can mean chaud (hot), while F can mean froid (cold).
The misleading truck connection
SEMl, MONSTER, and DUMP may suggest a truck-related grouping, but those three words do not form one of the intended four-word categories. The actual groups are the tournament stages, size words, disreputable places, and meanings or uses of C listed above.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.How Connections works
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four based on a shared link. The groups are color-coded by difficulty, and TechRadar’s guide describes a limit of four mistakes. TechRadar also says the game can be played through the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile; access details may change. The answer explanations here come from secondary guides rather than a verified official NYT puzzle page.
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