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 #903) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- COCKATIEL
- LEMON
- HOOK
- SWALLOW
- ASK
- UNREAD
- TURKEY
- STAND
- MISS
- BEAR
- CAMEROON
- SILVER
- FLUTE
- STOMACH
- BUST
- THE AIR
NEW Connections today (game #903) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Get along with
- GREEN: Dismal failure
- BLUE: Characters with skull and crossbones
- PURPLE: Sounds colorful
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 #903) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TOLERANT
- GREEN: FLOP
- BLUE: FICTIONAL PIRATES
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH COLOR HOMOPHONES
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #903) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #903, are…
- YELLOW: TOLERATING CARRY, STAND, STOMACH, SWALLOW
- GREEN: FLOP BUST, LEMON, MISS, TURKEY
- BLUE: FICTIONAL PIRATES HOOK, LUFFY, SILVER, ASK
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH COLOR HOMOPHONES CAMEROON, COCKATIEL, UNREAD, FLUTE
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I’ve been pretty good at getting purple groups recently, but I was completely blindsided by today’s quartet – the weird past WHISTLEBLEW should have tipped me off. Thanks if you saw it.
My first mistake today was the obvious one of thinking we had a collection of birds in COCKATIEL, TURKEY, SPARROW and SWALLOW. Sometimes the obvious is right – sometimes it’s far off.
Next, I somehow escaped to FICTIONAL PIRATES, although my first attempt included CAMEROON instead of HOOK (I thought they might be different breeds of an animal instead of guys walking around with parrots on their shoulders).
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, November 29, Game #902)
- 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
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.
