NYT Connections #1207

Today's Connections answers

All four groups for #1207, with an explanation of each. If you'd rather keep your streak, our step-by-step hints reveal only as much as you ask for.

Today's 16 words
  • Tambourine
  • Septum
  • Decent
  • Bond
  • Martini
  • Option
  • Novelty
  • Casino
  • Spray paint
  • Octopussy
  • Donnie brasco
  • Future
  • Bugsy
  • Etch a sketch
  • Stock
  • Scarface

The four groups in #1207

From the most direct group to the trickiest: Yellow: Securities, Green: Things that are shaken (not stirred), Blue: Gangster movies, Purple: Starting with month abbreviations.

Today's Connections answers
  1. Securities

    Bond, Future, Option, Stock

    All four are types of securities or contracts that investors trade.

  2. Things that are shaken (not stirred)

    Etch a sketch, Martini, Spray paint, Tambourine

    A drawing toy, a famous spy's cocktail order, a can of paint and a percussion instrument all need shaking.

  3. Gangster movies

    Bugsy, Casino, Donnie brasco, Scarface

    Bugsy, Casino, Donnie Brasco and Scarface are all well-known mob films.

  4. Starting with month abbreviations

    Decent, Novelty, Octopussy, Septum

    DECent, NOVelty, OCTopussy and SEPtum begin with DEC, NOV, OCT and SEP.

Want to spot traps like this yourself next time? Read our Connections tips, or learn what the four colors mean.

Answers checked in the official game by Alan. Tomorrow's answers go up as soon as the puzzle unlocks at midnight Eastern Time.

Why today's puzzle caught people out

A spy's last name, his favourite drink and one of his film titles are all on the board, so it is tempting to build a secret-agent group. There isn't one: each of those words belongs to a different colour.

Every puzzle has at least one word placed to mislead you, and spotting it early is usually the difference between a clean solve and a lost streak.

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