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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 2nd (Game #875).
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 #876) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SEA MONKEY
- JIGSAW PUZZLE
- BALLOON ANIMALS
- CLOWN NOSE
- WHOOPEE PILLOW
- MARASCHINO CHERRIES
- FUNKY CHICKEN
- LEGO SETS
- FIRE ENGINE
- JUMBO SHRIMP
- COLLECTION ALLOWANCE
- MARES CASTLE
- WATER WINGS
- LITE-BRIT
- STOP SIGN
- DARK HORSE
NEW Connections today (game #876) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: All in the same color
- GREEN: All inflatable
- BLUE: More parts and bits
- PURPLE: Animals worth describing
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 #876) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE RED
- GREEN: THINGS FILLED WITH AIR
- BLUE: THINGS WITH MANY PIECES
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH ANIMALS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #876) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #876, are…
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE RED CLOWN NOSE, FIRE ENGINE, MARASCHINO CHERRY, STOP SIGN
- GREEN: THINGS FILLED WITH AIR BALLOON ANIMALS, BUNNY CASTLE, WATER WINGS, PILLOW
- BLUE: THINGS WITH MANY PIECES JIGSAW PUZZLE, LEGO SET, LITE-BRITE, PICK-UP STICK
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH ANIMALS DARK HORSE, FUNKY CHICKEN, JUMBO SHRIMP, SEA MONKEY
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
After the initial brain melt of seeing 16 two-word tiles, I started to spot some common links.
My thought after completing each group was – is the connection really that basic? No more than the purple/hardest group ending with animals which gave me a “purple first” badge for getting the purple group first 15 times. This gamification is a recent addition to Connections and I haven’t really noticed it before.
I had originally thought the SEA MNKEY and WHOOPEE CUSHION were “things advertised on the back of Mad magazine”.
Sea Monkeys, which used to be available by mail order but are now appearing in some toy stores, are something of a marketing scam where potential buyers think they are buying some wonderful anthropomorphic creatures that will spring to life when added to a water tank and provide them with hours of amusement. The reality is that they buy artemia. A life lesson to never trust the hype.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Sunday, November 2nd, Game #875)
- YELLOW: GOODS TO BE TRANSPORTED LOAD, FREIGHT, LOAD, CARGO
- GREEN: LIGHT BROWN NOSES CAMEL, FAWN, KHAKI, TAN
- BLUE: SHOW SIGNS OF PHYSICAL USE CRAMP, PANT, RED, SWEAT
- PURPLE: STARTS AT STAR SIGN AQUA, CAPRI, GEM, SAG
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.
