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 #900) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- MUSIC
- FILES
- GRAND
- RIVER WAVES
- ROUTERS
- HERK
- AVALANCHE
- DOWNLOADS
- TORRENT
- DESKTOP
- DRILL
- CONFECTIONS
- RISING SEA
- OUTGOING
- SAVE
- DOCUMENTS
NEW Connections today (game #900) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: All at once
- GREEN: As seen on a PC
- BLUE: Carpentry tools
- PURPLE: It sounds like something we play daily
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 #900) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INUNDATION
- GREEN: MAIN FOLDERS IN A COMPUTER
- BLUE: WOODWORKING TOOLS
- PURPLE: RHYMES FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES GAME
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #900) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #900, are…
- YELLOW: INUNDATION AVALANCHE, OUTGOING, RIVER SURVEY, TORRENT
- GREEN: MAIN FOLDERS IN A COMPUTER DESKTOP, DOCUMENTS, DOWNLOADS, MUSIC
- BLUE: WOODWORKING TOOLS DRILLING, FILING, ROUTING, SAWING
- PURPLE: RHYMES FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES GAME CONFECTIONS, GRANDS, HURDLE, SLEEPING SEA
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 3 errors
It took me several tries before I got INUNDATION – at first I thought it was something to do with current and water, so I played SOUNDING SEA instead of OUTGOING, then I changed it to GRANDS, as I guessed it might be a term for, uh, fast water?
After getting the yellow group, I hashed the green category with FILES instead of DESKTOP.
Fortunately, WOODWORKING TOOLS was easy from here, as even though I played them all every day, I would never have seen RHYMES FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES GAME – kudos if you did.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Wednesday, November 26, Game #899)
- YELLOW: VERBS THAT EXPRESS POSSIBILITY CAN, COULD, MUST, MAYBE
- GREEN: WOMEN’S NICKNAMES DEB, JAN, KAT, SUE
- BLUE: FINANCIAL ABBREVIATIONS APR, CFO, IRA, SEC
- PURPLE: BEHIND ANIMALS FLOW, GOD, MAR, TAB
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.
