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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 28 (Game #901).
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 #902) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- BUST
- SHARE
- WOOD
- TRUNK
- RELIEF
- DOVE
- STAND
- STATUE
- COVER
- TORSO
- REPLACE
- NUCLEAR
- MIT SECTION
- BACKUP
- BENCH
- HIT
NEW Connections today (game #902) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: The center of our bodies
- GREEN: Entering
- BLUE: As seen in public green areas
- PURPLE: Pontoon lingo
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 #902) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STOMACH AREA
- GREEN: REPLACEMENT
- BLUE: PARK STAPLES
- PURPLE: BLACKJACK TERMS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #902) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #902, are…
- YELLOW: STOMACH AREA CORE, MIDSECTION, TOSO, TRUNK
- GREEN: REPLACEMENT BACKUP, COVER, DISCHARGE, REPLACE
- BLUE: PARK STAPLES BENCH, PIGEON, STATUE, WOOD
- PURPLE: BLACKJACK TERMS BUST, HIT, SPLIT, STAND
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
It took me a while to get the BLACKJACK TERMS, as I grew up saying “twist” instead of HIT and “stick” instead of STAND, but luckily it’s in the movies enough that it didn’t make much of a difference.
Before my early purple, I had already made a mistake.
I was on the right track with the REPLACEMENT tiles, but had BENCH instead of RELIEF – my brain was going to sports, where and football/soccer in particular, where team players who may be involved later in the match sit on the bench.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, November 28, Game #901)
- 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
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.
