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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 3rd (Game #876).
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 #877) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- DOC
- AIR
- PILOT
- LEAF
- SHEET
- MID
- ELECTRIC
- SLIDE
- ZIP
- DRIVE
- DIRECT
- FILM
- TIFF
- COAT
- RHYTHM
- GUIDE
NEW Connections today (game #877) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Show the way
- GREEN: Covering
- BLUE: Suffixes to aid organization
- PURPLE: Types of a six-stringed instrument
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 #877) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STEERING
- GREEN: THIN LAYER
- BLUE: FILE EXTENSIONS
- PURPLE: _____ GUITAR
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #877) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #877, are…
- YELLOW: STEERING DIRECT, DRIVE, GUIDE, PILOT
- GREEN: THIN LAYER COAT, FILM, SHEET, SHEET
- BLUE: FILE EXTENSIONS DOC, MID, TIFF, ZIP
- PURPLE: _____ GUITAR AIR, ELECTRIC, RHYTHM, SLIDE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I put it down as “tricky” because it required a bit more thinking time than I usually spend on an “easy” Connections game.
Additionally, I also made the mistake of thinking that DOC, LEAF, SHEET, and FILM were all ways of describing a piece of paper.
Fortunately, I didn’t labor too long over this error and saw TIN LAG followed by FILE EXTENSIONS – despite only being familiar with three of them (MID was a guess).
As someone who once tried to experiment with guitar, I’m a little ashamed that I missed ____ GUITAR; it was the inclusion of AIR that threw me off.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Monday, November 3rd, Game #876)
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE RED CLOWN NOSE, FIRE ENGINE, MARASCHINO CHERRY, STOP SIGN
- GREEN: THINGS FILLED WITH AIR BALLOON ANIMALS, BUNNY CASTLE, WATER WINGS, PILLOW
- BLUE: THINGS WITH MANY PIECES JIGSAW PUZZLE, LEGO SET, LITE-BRITE, PICK-UP STICK
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH ANIMALS DARK HORSE, FUNKY CHICKEN, JUMBO SHRIMP, SEA MONKEY
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.
