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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 Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Tuesday, November 4th (Game #877).
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 #878) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- KNIGHT
- COAT
- BUTCHER
- BAKER
- FLACK
- KNIFE
- CANDLE STAND
- MAKER
- FRANKLIN
- FOREST
- BOW
- BLOW
- PAMPER
- KEY
- BOTCH
- ROPE
NEW Connections today (game #878) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A failed attempt
- GREEN: Items Colonel Mustard could use
- BLUE: Female RnB legends
- PURPLE: Start with a weather word
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 #878) – hint #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MAKE A HASH OF
- GREEN: WEAPON IN GAME LEADS
- BLUE: ICONIC SOUL SINGERS
- PURPLE: RAIN___
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #878) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #878, are…
- YELLOW: MAKE A HASH OF BLOW, BOTCH, BUTCHER, GAME
- GREEN: WEAPON IN GAME LEADS CANDLE STAND, KNIFE, ROPE, KEY
- BLUE: ICONIC SOUL SINGERS BAKER, FLACK, FRANKLIN, KNIGHT
- PURPLE: RAIN___ BOW, PAKE, FOREST, MAKER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I think I’m scarred by the tongue twisters from a month ago, so now when I see four words that go together in a sentence or text, I have a very hard time resisting grouping them together.
That’s what I did today with BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLE STAND and MAKER, despite having alarm bells ringing in my ears warning me not to do so.
Fortunately, this was my only mistake as soon after I saw GUNS IN THE GAME LEAD – a board game I’ve never played, but one that I somehow know what murderous weapons it contains – followed by ICONIC SOUL SINGERS.
I knew that FRANKLIN and KNIGHT belonged together, but it took me a while to get BAKER and FLACK – the latter of whom is known to kill someone softly with a song, instead of Colonel Mustard, in the library, with a wrench.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Tuesday, November 4th, Game #877)
- 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
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.
