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 #892) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SQUAT
- SHEEP SHEPHERD
- PIT
- FALL
- LUNG
- LEAD
- HAM
- SOLID
- HUSKY
- CASK
- DIRECT
- COLONY
- GUIDE
- THICK
- MASK
- HEARTH
NEW Connections today (game #892) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Strong construction
- GREEN: Enter the road
- BLUE: Allan Edgar’s stories
- PURPLE: Body part plus
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 #892) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STRENGTHENED
- GREEN: STEERING
- BLUE: ANOTHER WORD IN POE STORIES, AFTER “THE”
- PURPLE: ORGAN PLUS A LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #892) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #892, are…
- YELLOW: STRENGTHENED HUSKY, SOLID, SQUAT, THICK
- GREEN: STEERING DIRECT, GUIDE, LEAD, SHEPHERD
- BLUE: ANOTHER WORD IN POE STORIES, AFTER “THE” CASK, FALL, MASK, PIT
- PURPLE: ORGAN PLUS A LETTER COLONY, HARD, LUNG, HAM
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I had a few bad ideas before I hit on the right ones. The first thought that SQUAT and LUNGE should be combined from two exercises that do not exist (SKINK and SHEPHERD). The next thing was to associate PIT, FALL, HEARTH and SQUAT with some vague notion that they had something to do with the earth.
Luckily I came to my senses and got STEERING pretty quickly. My triumph was getting the purple/hardest group after seeing the connection between heart and lung in HEARTH and LUNG.
With only eight tiles left, I collected STOCKY through a process of elimination, with HUSKY being a bit of a gamble – but one that made a lot more sense than the other four tiles that became ANOTHER WORD IN POE STORIES AFTER THE.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Tuesday, November 18, Game #891)
- YELLOW: FUNNY PERSON CLOWN, JOKER, LAUGHTER, TRACK
- GREEN: KIND OF TOMATOES CHERRIES, GRAPES, PLUM, ROME
- BLUE: BEST ACTOR OSCAR WINNERS BERRY, MADISON, STONE, SWANK
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “LOCATION” COMMONPLACE, NEEDLE POINT, PARASITE, SUNSPOT
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.
