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 #886) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- FIRE EXTINGUISHER
- AIR CLEANER
- MICROSOFT
- CIGARETTE
- BOX
- OVAL
- THREAD
- FIT
- POST
- COFFEE MAKER
- BEER
- SHAVING CREAM
- STAND UP
- SEA
- DUDS
NEW Connections today (game #886) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Clothing
- GREEN: Bubbles in common
- BLUE: A layer for improvement
- PURPLE: Add a “word” in the workplace
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 #886) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DRESSING
- GREEN: FOAMY STUFF
- BLUE: THINGS THAT NEED FILTERS
- PURPLE: _____ OFFICE
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #886) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #886, are…
- YELLOW: DRESSING DUDS, FIT, GETUP, THREAD
- GREEN: FOAMY STUFF BEER, FIRE EXTINGUISHER, SEA, Shaving CREAM
- BLUE: THINGS THAT NEED FILTERS AIR CLEANER, CIGARETTE, COFFEE MAKER, INSTAGRAM
- PURPLE: _____ OFFICE BOX, MICROSOFT, OVAL, POST
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
A surprisingly entertaining game, but one that tested my patience.
This was a round that featured a few pairs. Social media apps INSTAGRAM and THREADS jumped out immediately, but I resisted gathering a group from them. More esoterically, I considered DUDS and COFFEE MAKER to be connected by milk.
Luckily, after remembering that DUDS is old English slang for clothes, I found all four tiles in ATIRE – particularly difficult for being the easiest/yellow group – and then saw the connection between CIGARETTES, INSTAGRAM, AIR PURIFIER and COFFEE MAKER.
With eight tiles left, I took a wild guess at four random words and after getting a “one gone” popup saw that the link was the word OFFICE. Phew!
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Wednesday, November 12, Game #885)
- 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
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.
