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 #896) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- JFK
- QUEEN
- WARREN
- WALL STREET
- LOOSE
- LODGE
- EASY
- MIA
- CAVE
- TROOPS
- NIXON
- LOOSE
- GIMME
- SLAUGHTER
- PLATO
- BURR
NEW Connections today (game #896) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Relaxed attitude
- GREEN: Where animals live
- BLUE: From the creator of Any given Sunday
- PURPLE: Parts of songs by Swedish hitmakers
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 #896) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LOOSE
- GREEN: ANIMAL HOME
- BLUE: OLIVER STONE MOVIE
- PURPLE: ANOTHER WORD IN THE TITLE OF ABBA HITS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #896) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #896, are…
- 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
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Even though I knew it was a trap, I couldn’t help myself and started with a group that contained JFK, LAX, MIA, and DEN—thinking that these US airport abbreviation codes would be a good connecting category. Alas, I was wrong.
Instead, each of these three-letter tiles belonged to a different group. I should have seen JFK sooner, but here again I almost went down a dead end thinking it was a presidential group before I realized there were four OLIVER STONE FILMS.
I salvaged some pride by getting the purple group a little early, finding a home at what I originally thought was Miami International Airport.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, November 22nd, Game #895)
- 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
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.
