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NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, November 25 (game #898)

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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 24 (game #897).

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 #898) - today's words

NYT Connections hints for game 898 on a purple background

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

  • MICKEY MOUSE
  • BUG BITE
  • HAPPY MEAL
  • BARBIE
  • DREAMHOUSE
  • LOTTERY TICKET
  • GLAD-HAND
  • RINKY-DINK
  • MERRY-GO-ROUND
  • CHERRY BLOSSOM
  • TRIVIAL
  • SUNNY-SIDE UP
  • CALAMINE LOTION
  • VINYL RECORD
  • FLAMINGO
  • TWO-BIT
  • YOUR HEAD

NYT Connections today (game #898) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: Not worth much
  • GREEN: The color of a pony club
  • BLUE: Itchy and ?
  • PURPLE: Upbeat beginnings

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 #898) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: SMALL-TIME 
  • GREEN: THINGS THAT ARE PINK
  • BLUE: THINGS YOU CAN SCRATCH
  • PURPLE: STARTING WITH OPTIMISTIC WORDS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #898) - the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 898 on a purple background

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The answers to today's Connections, game #898, are…

  • YELLOW: SMALL-TIME MICKEY MOUSE, RINKY-DINK, TRIVIAL, TWO-BIT
  • GREEN: THINGS THAT ARE PINK BARBIE DREAMHOUSE, CALAMINE LOTION, CHERRY BLOSSOM, FLAMINGO
  • BLUE: THINGS YOU CAN SCRATCH BUG BITE, LOTTERY TICKET, VINYL RECORD, YOUR HEAD
  • PURPLE: STARTING WITH OPTIMISTIC WORDS GLAD-HAND, HAPPY MEAL, MERRY-GO-ROUND, SUNNY-SIDE UP
  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

I hesitated slightly over THINGS THAT ARE PINK because I’d forgotten that CALAMINE LOTION is pink – it’s the iron oxide in the ingredients apparently – thinking it was just a regular cream color. Thankfully I took the gamble after failing to see any other pink things.

I was pleased to see MICKEY MOUSE among the yellow group. Quite how calling something Mickey Mouse became a put down for a humble achievement I do not know, but it always makes me laugh.

It was also pleasing to get the purple group early again, although as I selected all the tiles STARTING WITH OPTIMISTIC WORDS I struggled to believe it would be this obvious. 

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, November 24, game #897)

  • YELLOW: SMALL KITCHEN APPLIANCES BLENDER, MICROWAVE, RICE COOKER, TOASTER
  • GREEN: FEATURES OF A CAR'S CENTER CONSOLE AIR CONDITIONER, CUP HOLDER, RADIO, SHIFTER
  • BLUE: SEEN WHILE GOING THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY BIN, CARRY-ON, METAL DETECTOR, X-RAY
  • PURPLE: ENDING IN COLORS INFRARED, MARIGOLD, STINGRAY, ULTRAVIOLET

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.

Johnny Dee
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Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.

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