The NYT 's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with helping to create the new word game and bringing it to the publications' Games section. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

The puzzle challenges players to identify hidden connections among 16 seemingly unrelated words, grouping them into four sets of four, all while allowing just four errors before the game ends.

NYT Connections players flew through most of today's challenge but one category of the brainteaser was dubbed 'absurdly tricky' and has left many stumped