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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 14th (Game #887).
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 #888) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- TWILIGHT
- SEASON
- FILM
- PERIOD
- STAGE
- SLIDE
- TIME
- METHOD
- SALT
- COMFORT
- DASH
- TASTE
- CHARACTER
- COLON
- BUFFER
- SPICE
NEW Connections today (game #888) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Add something extra to the food
- GREEN: Produced in sentences
- BLUE: Types of dramatic performer
- PURPLE: Start just before dark
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 #888) – hint #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: IMPROVE THE TASTE OF
- GREEN: CHARACTER STICK
- BLUE: KIND OF ACTING
- PURPLE: ____ ZONE
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #888) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #888, are…
- YELLOW: IMPROVE THE TASTE OF TASTE, SALT, SEASON, SPICY
- GREEN: CHARACTER STICK COLON, DASH, PERIOD, STROKE
- BLUE: KIND OF ACTING CHARACTER, FILM, METHOD, SCENE
- PURPLE: ____ ZONE BUFFER, COMFORT, TIME, DUSK
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
The lack of crossovers made this a relatively straightforward game.
It’s been a while since I completed Connections on difficulty and usually I’m really happy when I do, but today I’m annoyed that I couldn’t see the purple group.
It is a common trivia quiz question to ask which country has the most TIME zones. Logically you would think of the USA, Russia or maybe Australia, but the answer is France with 12 time zones. It’s a bit of a trick because it’s due to France’s many remote territories; mainland France has only one time zone.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, November 14, Game #887)
- YELLOW: EVALUATE CHARACTERS, REFEREES, BATTERS, REVIEW
- GREEN: TUNING RADIO BAND, CHANNEL, FREQUENCY, STATION
- BLUE: ACTION FILM SUBGENRE BUDDY, DATASTER, MARTIAL ARTS, SUPER HEROES
- PURPLE: CLASSIC 90’S ACTION MOVIE ARMAGEDDON, HARD BOILED, HEAT, SPEED
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.
