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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, October 24 (game #866).
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 #867) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- DATE
- VEST
- LIGHT
- SHAFT
- RAY
- FLEECE
- ALARM
- LINCOLN
- GRANT
- MILK
- HOSE
- AWARD
- HUSTLE
- STOPWATCH
- ACCORD
- САРОТЕ
NYT Connections today (game #867) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Hoodwink
- GREEN: Basic Casio tools
- BLUE: Discuss
- PURPLE: An Oscar category in common
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 #867) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SWINDLE
- GREEN: DIGITAL WATCH FEATURES
- BLUE: CONFER
- PURPLE: BEST ACTOR-WINNING BIOPICS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #867) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #867, are…
- YELLOW: SWINDLE FLEECE, HOSE, HUSTLE, SHAFT
- GREEN: DIGITAL WATCH FEATURES ALARM, DATE, LIGHT, STOPWATCH
- BLUE: CONFER ACCORD, AWARD, GRANT, VEST
- PURPLE: BEST ACTOR-WINNING BIOPICS CAPOTE, LINCOLN, MILK, RAY
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
This game represents a great start to the weekend for me, because I actually guessed the purple group for the first time in weeks.
Yes, there were only eight tiles left when I got it and I was thinking about the movies and not necessarily BEST ACTOR-WINNING BIOPICS, but I’m still thrilled.
As someone who has owned both a basic Casio digital watch and all-singing, all-dancing Apple Watch, the things I use the most (ALARM and STOPWATCH) were common with both – although the Casio couldn’t do my favourite thing, which is help me find my phone.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, October 24, game #866)
- YELLOW: BEST YEARS HEYDAY, PINNACLE, PRIME, ZENITH
- GREEN: THINGS YOU CAN DO TO TEXT BOLD, HIGHLIGHT, STRIKETHROUGH, UNDERLINE
- BLUE: THINGS KNOWN FOR BEING COLORFUL THINGS KALEIDOSCOPE, PEACOCK, RAINBOW, SUNSET
- PURPLE: ENDING IN ACCESSORIES BAYWATCH, COOTIE, HERRING, KINGPIN
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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