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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 23rd (Game #896).
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 #897) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- INFRARED
- AIR
- CONDITIONS
- CONTAINER
- MICROWAVE OVEN
- PING ROOT
- X-RAY
- RADIO
- ULTRAVIOLET
- TOASTERS
- CUP HOLDER
- MARIGOLD
- GO ON
- METAL
- DETECTOR
- RICE COOKER
- SHIFTER
- BLENDER
NEW Connections today (game #897) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Found in the same room
- GREEN: Found inside a vehicle
- BLUE: Found at JFK
- PURPLE: Shady words
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 #897) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SMALL KITCHEN UTENSILS
- GREEN: FUNCTIONS IN A CAR’S CENTER CONSOLE
- BLUE: SEEN WHILE GOING THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY
- PURPLE: ENDS IN COLORS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #897) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #897, are…
- YELLOW: SMALL KITCHEN UTENSILS BLENDER, MICROWAVE OVEN, RICE COOKER, BRISTER
- GREEN: FUNCTIONS IN A CAR’S CENTER CONSOLE AIR CONDITIONING, CUP HOLDERS, RADIO, SHIFTER
- BLUE: SEEN WHILE GOING THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY BIN, CARRY-ON, METAL DETECTOR, X-RAY
- PURPLE: ENDS IN COLORS INFRARED, MARIGOLD, STINGROY, ULTRAVIOLET
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
My first mistake today came in thinking that RADIO, MICROWAVE, X-RAY and INFRARED were all connected due to scanning or waves.
When I gave it up, I came close and got a “one away” from the group that became SMALL KITCHEN UTENSILS, but I included the RADIO instead of the RICE COOKER.
Bug fixed, I sailed through to the end and even spotted the words ENDING IN COLORS before I was down to the last four tiles.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Sunday, November 23rd, Game #896)
- YELLOW: mild LIGHT, LOOSE, LOOSE, SLAUGHTER
- GREEN: ANIMAL HOME BURROW, THE, LODGE, WARREN
- BLUE: OLIVER STONE MOVIE JFK, NIXON, PLATOON, WALL STREET
- PURPLE: ANOTHER WORD IN THE TITLE OF ABBA HITS GIMME, MIA, QUEEN, TROUPER
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 little more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you play 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.
