NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, November 7 (game #880)

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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 Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, November 6 (game #879).

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 #880) - today's words

NYT Connections hints for game 880 on a purple background

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

  • HULA HOOP
  • EGGPLANT
  • SALSA VERDE
  • BAGEL
  • SWING STATE
  • RELISH
  • ANIMAL PRINT
  • POLKA DOT
  • WASHER
  • BARNEY THE DINOSAUR
  • PESTO
  • HOUNDSTOOTH
  • INNER TUBE
  • CHIMICHURRI
  • HERRINGBONE PEOPLE EATER

NYT Connections today (game #880) - hint #1 - group hints

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

  • YELLOW: Repeated design
  • GREEN: Flavorings with the same color
  • BLUE: Something missing in the center
  • PURPLE: The hardest color 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 #880) - hint #2 - group answers

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

  • YELLOW: TEXTILE PATTERNS
  • GREEN: GREEN CONDIMENTS
  • BLUE: THINGS WITH HOLES IN THE MIDDLE
  • PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE PURPLE

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

NYT Connections today (game #880) - the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 880 on a purple background

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The answers to today's Connections, game #880, are…

  • YELLOW: TEXTILE PATTERNS ANIMAL PRINT, HERRINGBONE, HOUNDSTOOTH, POLKA DOT
  • GREEN: GREEN CONDIMENTS CHIMICHURRI, PESTO, RELISH, SALSA VERDE
  • BLUE: THINGS WITH HOLES IN THE MIDDLE BAGEL, HULA HOOP, INNER TUBE, WASHER
  • PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE PURPLE BARNEY THE DINOSAUR, EGGPLANT, PEOPLE EATER, SWING STATE
  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: 1 mistake

RELISH and PESTO in the UK are not exclusively green, so I was a little thrown by GREEN CONDIMENTS – but it was impossible to ignore that SALSA VERDE and CHIMICHURRI belonged together, so I gambled.

A similar strategy didn’t pay off initially for THINGS THAT ARE PURPLE. Lost for the fourth tile I chose POLKA DOT, thinking perhaps that purple is the classic color. I guessed SWING STATE, as purple is a mix of red and blue, but being outside of the US this is not something I was previously aware of – Connections is an education.

With just eight tiles left, TEXTILE PATTERNS was easy to pick out, but I’m annoyed that I didn’t get THINGS WITH HOLES IN THE MIDDLE, seeing as it contains my favorite New York breakfast item.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, November 6, game #879)

  • YELLOW: COST AMOUNT, FIGURE, PRICE, VALUE 
  • GREEN: WAYS TO UNLOCK A DEVICE FACE, FINGERPRINT, PASSWORD, PIN
  • BLUE: PARTS OF A SHIP AFT, DECK, FORE, MAST
  • PURPLE: FEATURES OF A CARTOON CUPID ARROW, BOW, DIAPER, WINGS

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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