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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 November 7th (Game #880).
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 #881) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SIGN
- SPY
- STOP
- ROBOT
- SEAL
- BODY
- DELIVER
- PRESENT
- BEAM
- PLUG
- PROGRAMMING
- CHING
- GIVE
- TALKED
- CLOSE
- PRONUNCIATION
NEW Connections today (game #881) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Prevent a leak
- GREEN: Ways to give a great speech
- BLUE: Different kinds of lingo
- PURPLE: Begin with a single letter
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 #881) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BLOCK AS OPENING
- GREEN: PRODUCED AS A NOTICE
- BLUE: FORM OF LANGUAGE
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “I”
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #881) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #881, are…
- YELLOW: BLOCK AS OPENING CLOSE, CONNECT, SEAL, STOP
- GREEN: PRODUCED AS A NOTICE DELIVER, GIVE, PRESENT, PRONUNCIATE
- BLUE: FORM OF LANGUAGE BODY, PROGRAMMING, CHARACTERS, SPEECH
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “|” BEAM, CHING, ROBOT, SPY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
This was one of those games in Connections where, aside from the easiest/yellow group, I had no idea what I was doing, but I still managed to pull it off without making a mistake.
I thought FORWARD AS A MESSAGE was about sending something to someone via UPS, so I initially had SIGN instead of PRONUNCIATION – but changed that after vaguely thinking it had something to do with business meetings.
My vagueness continued with WORDS AFTER “I” which I flicked along thinking they had something to do with a sci-fi show I had no idea about. I’ll pay for this luck tomorrow, I’m sure.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, November 7, Game #880)
- YELLOW: TEXTILE PATTERN ANIMAL PRINT, HERRINGBONE, HOUNDSTOOTH, POLKA DOT
- GREEN: GREEN SPICES CHIMICHURRI, PESTO, RELISH, SALSA VERDE
- BLUE: THINGS WITH HOLES IN THE MIDDLE BAGEL, HULA HOOP, INNER TUBE, WASH
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE PURPLE BARNEY THE DINOSAUR, AUGBLANTER, PEOPLE EATING, SWING STATE
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 little more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you play 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.
