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 #893) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- ARTY
- KISS
- ENAMELING
- ESSAY
- CROWN
- DUE
- BRUSH
- PASTE
- ANY
- SKIM
- PLASTER
- PULP
- STICK
- BATTLE
- RED
- MAKE
NEW Connections today (game #893) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Attach one to the other
- GREEN: Touch lightly
- BLUE: Dental elements
- PURPLE: Multiple characters in one
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 #893) – hint #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: COMPLY
- GREEN: GRASS
- BLUE: PARTS OF A TOOTH
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #893) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #893, are…
- YELLOW: COMPLY FIX, ADHESIVE, PLASTER, STICK
- GREEN: GRASS BRUSH, KISS, SNAP, HIT
- BLUE: PARTS OF A TOOTH CROWN, ENAMEL, MASS, ROOT
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE TWO LETTERS ANYONE, ARTY, DUE, ESSAY
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
Lots of old bands were hiding among today’s tiles. PULP and KISS jumped out, but added or removed letters there were also Rush, Strokes, Roots and Fixx. But this was not what caused me to make two unnecessary mistakes.
When I saw CROWN and ROOT, I was convinced I needed to put together a group that was about dental care rather than the far more obvious PARTS OF A TOOTH, so I wasted several mistakes adding DECAY and then BRUSH before I finally saw sense.
If I had counted the remaining tiles out loud I could have solved the purple/hardest group – kudos to those who did. But instead I worked at ADHERE and remember a previous job putting up concert posters around London (I wasn’t fast enough to last long).
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Wednesday, November 19, Game #892)
- 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
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.
