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 Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, November 17 (game #890).
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 #891) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- STONE
- PARASITE
- GRAPE
- JOKER
- ROMA
- BERRY
- RIOT
- NEEDLEPOINT
- COMMONPLACE
- CLOWN
- SWANK
- PLUM
- MADISON
- SUNSPOT
- CHERRY
- LAUGH
NYT Connections today (game #891) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Always laughing
- GREEN: Types of a red fruit
- BLUE: Academy Award women
- PURPLE: End of these words are well positioned
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 #891) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FUNNY PERSON
- GREEN: KINDS OF TOMATOES
- BLUE: BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "LOCATION"
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #891) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #891, are…
- YELLOW: FUNNY PERSON CLOWN, JOKER, LAUGH, RIOT
- GREEN: KINDS OF TOMATOES CHERRY, GRAPE, PLUM, ROMA
- BLUE: BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS BERRY, MADISON, STONE, SWANK
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "LOCATION" COMMONPLACE, NEEDLEPOINT, PARASITE, SUNSPOT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
After getting BEST ACTRESS WINNERS pretty easily, I thought that there was another movie-themed group that connected ROMA, JOKER, and PARASITE even though I couldn’t really see the link between them or find a fourth film (I opted for CHERRY, which did turn out to be a film, although not as high-profile as the others).
This dead end over I remembered a past Connections that featured FUNNY PERSON – turns out it was from January and although 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 locations at the end of four of the words, but fortunately did see KINDS OF TOMATOES including the proper home for CHERRY.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, November 17, game #890)
- 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
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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