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 Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, October 25 (game #867).
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 #868) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- STARLING
- BRASS
- BEAUTY
- BEE
- STARING
- FLOAT
- DROPLET
- WIND
- STRING
- TALENT
- BUTTERFLY
- KITCHENETTE
- STING
- DOGGY
- PERCUSSION
- POPULARITY
NYT Connections today (game #868) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Making music
- GREEN: As said by The Greatest
- BLUE: Types of competition
- PURPLE: Smaller versions (grammatically)
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 #868) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: KINDS OF INSTRUMENTS
- GREEN: WORDS IN A FAMOUS MUHAMMAD ALI QUOTE
- BLUE: KINDS OF CONTESTS
- PURPLE: WORDS WITH DIMINUTIVE SUFFIXES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #868) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #868, are…
- YELLOW: KINDS OF INSTRUMENTS BRASS, PERCUSSION, STRING, WIND
- GREEN: WORDS IN A FAMOUS MUHAMMAD ALI QUOTE BEE, BUTTERFLY, FLOAT, STING
- BLUE: KINDS OF CONTESTS BEAUTY, POPULARITY, STARING, TALENT
- PURPLE: WORDS WITH DIMINUTIVE SUFFIXES DOGGY, DROPLET, KITCHENETTE, STARLING
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
The NYT is constantly finding new ways to baffle and bamboozle with Connections.
Today, I found the column containing STARLING, STARING, STRING, STING both distracting and impossible to resist putting together as a group – not that I could see the link beyond the recurring five letters.
After I got that wrong, I took another gamble with BEE, BUTTERFLY, FLOAT, STING remembering a singer called Johnny Wakelin and his 1970s hit Black Superman with its chorus of “Muhammad, Muhammad Ali, float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”.
After this triumph I got KINDS OF INSTRUMENTS easily enough but floundered with the final eight tiles and found KINDS OF CONTESTS after a couple of attempts at shuffling. Not exactly the greatest, but I didn't get knocked out either.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, October 25, game #867)
- 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
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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