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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 Monday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Monday November 17th (Game #890).
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 #891) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- STONE
- PARASITE
- GRAPES
- JOKER
- ROME
- BERRY
- RIOT
- NEEDLE POINT
- COMMON PLACE
- CLOWN
- SWANK
- PLUM
- MADISON
- SUNSPOT
- CHERRY
- LAUGH
NEW Connections today (game #891) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Always laughing
- GREEN: Types of red fruit
- BLUE: Oscar women
- PURPLE: The end of these words is well placed
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 #891) – hint #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FUNNY PERSON
- GREEN: KIND OF TOMATOES
- BLUE: BEST ACTOR OSCAR WINNERS
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “LOCATION”
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #891) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #891, are…
- YELLOW: FUNNY PERSON CLOWN, JOKER, LAUGHTER, TRACK
- GREEN: KIND OF TOMATOES CHERRIES, GRAPES, PLUM, ROME
- BLUE: BEST ACTOR OSCAR WINNERS BERRY, MADISON, STONE, SWANK
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “LOCATION” COMMONPLACE, NEEDLE POINT, PARASITE, SUNSPOT
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
After getting BEST ACTRESS WINNERS pretty easily, I thought there was another movie-themed group connecting ROMA, JOKER, and PARASITE, even though I couldn’t really see the connection between them or find a fourth movie (I picked CHERRY, which turned out to be a movie, though not as high-profile as the others).
This impasse I remembered a previous Connections that featured FUNNY PERSON – it turned out to be from January, and even though it only has JOKER in common, the memory was enough to trigger me towards getting the yellow group.
With eight tiles left, I completely missed the placement at the end of four of the words, but luckily I saw SOME TOMATOES, including the right home for CHERRY.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Monday, November 17, Game #890)
- YELLOW: “YOU ARIES” ABSOLUTELY, OF COURSE, OKEY-DOKE, SURE THING
- GREEN: FORBIDDEN OFF-LIMITS, PRINTED, TABOO, THE VERBOT
- BLUE: BASKETBALL SHOT ALLEY-OOP, FADEAWAY, FINGER ROLL, SLAM DUNK
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “SCRAM!” GO-GETTER, LEAVENING, SCATTERGORIES, SHOO-IN
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.
