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A new NEW Connections puzzle pops up at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people are always playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s”. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday, October 31st (Game #873).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
SPOILER ALERT: Today’s NYT Connections information is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NEW Connections today (game #874) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
(See the pictures above!)
- RAVEN
- PINKY
- CHIP
- JET
- INKY
- ROCKY
- FILE
- CLYDE
- HARDY
- PROCEEDINGS
- NARRATOR
- CHARGE
- CHARGE
- Itch
- PITCH
- CHER
NEW Connections today (game #874) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Legal steps
- GREEN: The darkest color
- BLUE: One half of a human double act
- PURPLE: One half of an animated double act
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NEW Connections today (game #874) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: COMING TO COURT
- GREEN: BLACK
- BLUE: SECOND OF A FAMOUS DUO
- PURPLE: rodents THAT ARE FIRST IN A CARTOON DUO
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #874) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #874, are…
- YELLOW: COMING TO COURT CHARGE, FILE, INSTRUCTION, CASE
- GREEN: BLACK INKY, JET, PITCH, RAVEN
- BLUE: SECOND OF A FAMOUS DUO CHER, CLYDE, HARDY, COUNTER
- PURPLE: rodents THAT ARE FIRST IN A CARTOON DUO CHIP, ITCHY, PINKY, ROCKY
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I was very slow on the uptake today and it took me until the last eight tiles to realize there were two DUO groups.
Before my belated reveal, I had made several mistakes, mixing up rodents THAT ARE FIRST IN A CARTOON DUO and SECOND IN A FAMOUS REAL DUO, but the mists cleared up after I got the easier yellow and green groups.
This game was full of pitfalls: INKY and PINKY are both Pac-Man characters (CLYDE is another), RAVEN could be one half of Euro DJ duo Raven & Kreyn, and while they’re probably obscure to American audiences, Mel and SUE are two of Britain’s best-loved TV presenting duos.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, October 31st, Game #873)
- YELLOW: GOLD BEAR, BED, CHAIR, PORRIDGE
- GREEN: ASH POLE MOUSE, CARTRIDGE, SLIPPER, STAND
- BLUE: POPEYE ANCHOR, CAP, PIPE, SPINACH
- PURPLE: MS. PAC-MAN SLEEPING, CHERRY, GHOST, PILLS
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different degree of difficulty: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough, and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the last one, as you’ll be able to answer it by a process of elimination. Also, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you beat yourself up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that can hide the answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
