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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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday November 21st (Game #894).
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 #895) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SPLASH
- SALT DOG
- RAW
- BITTER MELON
- SOUR SOUP
- DROP
- SKIPPER
- DEED
- SWAB
- CHAYOTE
- PLEASE
- BAPTISM
- DURIAN
- GREAT
- TAR
- TOUCH
NEW Connections today (game #895) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A small amount
- GREEN: Enjoy life at sea
- BLUE: Exotic foods
- PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “meal”
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 #895) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A LITTLE
- GREEN: SEIMAN
- BLUE: TROPICAL FRUITS/VEGETABLES
- PURPLE: ____ OFFER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #895) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #895, are…
- YELLOW: A LITTLE DAB, DROP, SPLASH, TOUCH
- GREEN: SEIMAN SALT DOG, SKIPPER, SWAB, TAR
- BLUE: TROPICAL FRUITS/VEGETABLES BITTER MELON, CHAYOTE, DURIAN, SOURSOP
- PURPLE: ____ OFFER BIG, PLEA, RAW, SWEETHEART
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I wasted two mistakes trying to gather the group that got LITTLE. My first idea was that it was about applying a small amount of something – so I had SWAB instead of TOUCH, then I swapped it for TAR before I finally saw sense.
SALTY DOG was the tile that unlocked the green group. I’ve always liked that expression: Quint (Robert Shaw) i Jaws be the epitome of one. A salty dog is the kind of person who is gnarled and bearded, half man, half woolly and in desperate need of a bath, but whose nautical knowledge is their superpower.
I got the blue group because of DURIAN, which is the kind of fruit you eat like a trip (hence its nickname – vomit fruit), but I regret not seeing today’s very lowly purple group. Kudos if you did.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, November 21st, Game #894)
- YELLOW: ITEMS WORN ON LAPELS AWARENESS RIBBON, BOUTONNIÈRE, LAPEL PIN, LAVALIER
- GREEN: COCKTAILS COSMOPOLITAN, GREYHOUND, SCREWDRIVER, SEA BREEZE
- BLUE: PIXAR PROTAGONISTS CLOWN FISH, GUM OLD MAN, ARIES, TALKING DOLL
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “EAT” BOLT KNEEPER, CHOW MEIN, DRY CLOTHES, WOLF EEL
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.
