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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 the Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Sunday, November 16 (Game #889).
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 #890) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- TABOO
- SLAM DUMP
- GO GETTER
- SAFE THING
- SHOO-IN
- DISTRIBUTIONS
- OKAY DOKE
- THE PROSCRIPTION
- GUGDE-OP
- ABSOLUTELY
- THE VERB
- FADEAWAY
- OFF-LIMITS
- LEAVE
- FINGER ROLL
- OF COURSE
NEW Connections today (game #890) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Hell yeah!
- GREEN: No access
- BLUE: NBA skills
- PURPLE: Begging is synonymous with vamoose
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 #890) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “YOU ARIES”
- GREEN: FORBIDDEN
- BLUE: BASKETBALL SHOT
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “SCRAM!”
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #890) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #890, are…
- YELLOW: “YOU ARIES” ABSOLUTELY, OF COURSE, OKEY-DOKE, SURE THING
- GREEN: FORBIDDEN OFF-LIMITS, PRINTED, TABOO, THE VERBOT
- BLUE: BASKETBALL SHOT ALLEY-OOP, FADEAWAY, FINGER ROLL, SLAM DUNK
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “SCRAM!” GO-GETTER, LEAVENING, SCATTERGORIES, SHOO-IN
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
As someone who plays Connections from the UK and has no idea about American sports, getting a sports group right is always a thrill.
I’ll be honest, I knew SLAM DUNK and ALLEY-OOP and I only chose FINGER ROLL and FADEAWAY because they sounded like basketball tricks rather than BASKETBALL SHOTS.
The green group FORBIDDEN was easy to get from my eight remaining tiles, but today’s hardest group looks much more obtainable than usual. Congratulations if you made it and turned purple early.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Sunday, November 16, Game #889)
- YELLOW: TECHNOLOGY APPROACH, METHOD, PHILOSOPHY, SCHOOL
- GREEN: THE MILL BANAL, EVERYDAY, HUMDRUM, FOOT EGG
- BLUE: STRIPED THINGS BARCODE, IBM LOGO, RUGBY SHIRT, ZEBRA
- PURPLE: WORDS ON MONOPOLY ORDER AVENUE, PARKING, RAILWAY, TAX
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.
