A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, November 16 (game #889).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #890) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- TABOO
- SLAM DUNK
- GO-GETTER
- SURE THING
- SHOO-IN
- SCATTERGORIES
- OKEY-DOKE
- PROSCRIBED
- ALLEY-OOP
- ABSOLUTELY
- VERBOTEN
- FADEAWAY
- OFF-LIMITS
- LEAVENING
- FINGER ROLL
- OF COURSE
NYT Connections today (game #890) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Hell, yeah!
- GREEN: No entry
- BLUE: NBA skills
- PURPLE: Begging is synonym of vamoose
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…
NYT Connections today (game #890) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: "YOU BET"
- GREEN: FORBIDDEN
- BLUE: BASKETBALL SHOTS
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SCRAM!"
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #890) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #890, are…
- YELLOW: "YOU BET" ABSOLUTELY, OF COURSE, OKEY-DOKE, SURE THING
- GREEN: FORBIDDEN OFF-LIMITS, PROSCRIBED, TABOO, VERBOTEN
- BLUE: BASKETBALL SHOTS ALLEY-OOP, FADEAWAY, FINGER ROLL, SLAM DUNK
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SCRAM!" GO-GETTER, LEAVENING, SCATTERGORIES, SHOO-IN
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
As someone playing Connections from the UK and with no idea about US sports it’s always a thrill to get a sports group correct.
I’ll be honest, SLAM DUNK and ALLEY-OOP I knew and I only selected FINGER ROLL and FADEAWAY as they sounded like basketball tricks rather than BASKETBALL SHOTS.
The green group FORBIDDEN was an easy one to get from my eight remaining tiles but today’s hardest group looks a lot more gettable than usual. Congratulations if you aced it and got purple early.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, November 16, game #889)
- YELLOW: TECHNIQUE APPROACH, METHOD, PHILOSOPHY, SCHOOL
- GREEN: RUN-OF-THE-MILL BANAL, EVERYDAY, HUMDRUM, PEDESTRIAN
- BLUE: STRIPY THINGS BARCODE, IBM LOGO, RUGBY SHIRT, ZEBRA
- PURPLE: WORDS ON MONOPOLY SQUARES AVENUE, PARKING, RAILROAD, TAX
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, 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, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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