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 #901) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- BEST
- CORD
- JUST
- INTONATION
- STRESS
- FAIR
- FRET
- BEAT
- RHYTHM
- TAKE
- RIGHT
- PEG
- APPROPRIATE
- COLLECTION
- LEISURE
- WORST
NEW Connections today (game #901) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Appropriate
- GREEN: Winning word
- BLUE: Elements of a stringed instrument
- PURPLE: Linguistic sounds
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 #901) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FIT
- GREEN: ACHIEVE VICTORY OVER
- BLUE: PARTS OF AN ELECTRIC GUITAR
- PURPLE: PHONETIC SPEECH ELEMENTS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #901) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #901, are…
- YELLOW: FIT FAIR, FAIR, PROPER, FAIR
- GREEN: ACHIEVE VICTORY OVER BEAT, BEST, TAKE, WORST
- BLUE: PARTS OF AN ELECTRIC GUITAR FRET, POINT, PICKUP, STRING
- PURPLE: PHONETIC SPEECH ELEMENTS INTONATION, LOUDNESS, RHYTHM, STRESS
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
After getting PARTS OF AN ELECTRIC GUITAR, I mistakenly thought there was another musical group that had something to do with drumming – BEAT added to INTONATION, LOUDNESS, RHYTHM.
That guess was wrong, but after getting a lucky “one way” from my second guess, I swapped out BEAT for STRESS. I wasn’t sure what the connection was until they revealed themselves, but I was still happy to get the purple group so early, no matter how narrow a win it was.
With only eight tiles left, I saw FITTING. The word WORST kept me from watching WINNING OVER, as I’m sure many did.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Thursday, November 27, Game #900)
- 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
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.
