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 #885) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- YOLO
- POLO
- LOCO
- DODO
- COMO
- FOMO
- JUDO
- BOGO
- BOZO
- ROJO
- YO-YO
- SUMO
- POCO
- DOPE
- GOLF
- GOAT
NEW Connections today (game #885) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Competitive activities
- GREEN: A bit unhinged person
- BLUE: A quick way to say something
- PURPLE: As said in Madrid
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 #885) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SPORTS
- GREEN: DOOFUS
- BLUE: Acronyms
- PURPLE: SPANISH WORDS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #885) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #885, are…
- YELLOW: SPORTS GOLF, JUDO, POLO, SUMO
- GREEN: DOOFUS BOZO, DODO, DOPE, YO-YO
- BLUE: Acronyms BOGO, FOMO, GOAT, YOLO
- PURPLE: SPANISH WORDS COMO, LOCO, POCO, ROJO
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
These types of connections, like this four-letter extravaganza, always boggle my mind, so I’m actually thrilled to have made it with only two mistakes.
My first was trying to find a fourth acronym to fit the ones I knew: GOAT, FOMO and YOLO. I first guessed COMO and then BOGO – figuring it was a variant of BOGOF, or buy one get one free, which it actually is – just without the ‘free’ part.
My next mistake was one I’ve made before and that was thinking that the POLO and GOLF were the start of a group of cars made by Volkswagen. They are, but my guesses at POCO and LOCO are not – the latter of course being an acronym for Loser of Connections Often.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Tuesday, November 11, Game #884)
- 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
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.
