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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 the Monday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Monday, November 10 (Game #883).
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 #884) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- MUSIC NOTES
- FOUNDATION
- STAND
- SCALE
- BASIS
- REST
- RANGE
- COMPASS
- HIGHLIGHTERS
- ENVELOPE
- POWDER
- SCOPE
- SPEECH BUBBLE
- BLUSH
- DEGREE
- HOLDER
NEW Connections today (game #884) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Cosmetics
- GREEN: Take it all in
- BLUE: Used for stability
- PURPLE: Apple apps
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 #884) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MAKEUP
- GREEN: WIDTH
- BLUE: OBJECT USED FOR SUPPORT
- PURPLE: ICONS ON AN IPHONE
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #884) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #884, are…
- YELLOW: MAKEUP BLUSH, FOUNDATION, HIGHLIGHTER, POWDER
- GREEN: WIDTH SCOPE, Range, SCALE, EXTENT
- BLUE: OBJECT USED FOR SUPPORT BASE, HOLDER, REST, STAND
- PURPLE: ICONS ON AN IPHONE COMPASS, ENVELOPE, MUSIC NOTES, SPEECH BUBBLE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I look at the COMPASS, ENVELOPE, MUSIC NOTES and SPEECH BUBBLE icons dozens of times every day.
However, it still took me until there were only eight tiles left to realize that they belonged in a group together as ICONS ON AN IPHONE (Safari, Mail, Music, and Messages)—a tricky group for anyone unfamiliar with iPhones.
Aside from the purple group, this was an easy round of Connections with not a lot of crossover between groups. In fact, you could say it lacked WIDTH.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Monday, November 10, Game #883)
- YELLOW: PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS BELL, DRUM, RALLING, TRIANGLE
- GREEN: SATISFIED AS DEBT CLEAR, PAY, SETTLE, SQUARE
- BLUE: WORDS OF A FAMOUS QUOTE BY CAESAR COME, CONQUER, I, SOW
- PURPLE: LATIN RELATIONS AB, PRO, SINE, SUB
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.
