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- Hint #1: Group hints
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- Today's answers
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, November 21 (game #894).
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.
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SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
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NYT Connections today (game #895) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- SPLASH
- SALTY DOG
- RAW
- BITTER MELON
- SOURSOP
- DROP
- SKIPPER
- SWEETHEART
- SWAB
- CHAYOTE
- PLEA
- DAB
- DURIAN
- BIG
- TAR
- TOUCH
NYT Connections today (game #895) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A small amount
- GREEN: Enjoy life at sea
- BLUE: Exotic foodstuffs
- PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “meal”
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…
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What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LITTLE BIT
- GREEN: SAILOR
- BLUE: TROPICAL FRUITS/VEGETABLES
- PURPLE: ____ DEAL
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The answers to today's Connections, game #895, are…
- YELLOW: LITTLE BIT DAB, DROP, SPLASH, TOUCH
- GREEN: SAILOR SALTY DOG, SKIPPER, SWAB, TAR
- BLUE: TROPICAL FRUITS/VEGETABLES BITTER MELON, CHAYOTE, DURIAN, SOURSOP
- PURPLE: ____ DEAL BIG, PLEA, RAW, SWEETHEART
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
I wasted two mistakes trying to assemble the group that became LITTLE BIT. My first idea was that it was about applying a small amount of something – so I had SWAB instead of TOUCH, then I swapped that with TAR before finally seeing sense.
SALTY DOG was the tile that unlocked the green group. I’ve always liked that term: Quint (Robert Shaw) in Jaws being the epitome of one. A Salty Dog is the sort of person who is gnarly and beardy, half man, half woollen sweater and in desperate need of a bath, but whose seafaring knowledge is their superpower.
The blue group I got due to DURIAN, which is the sort of fruit you eat as a dare (hence its nickname – vomit fruit), but I’m annoyed that I didn’t see today’s very gettable purple group. Kudos if you did.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, November 21, game #894)
- YELLOW: THINGS WORN ON LAPELS AWARENESS RIBBON, BOUTONNIÈRE, LAPEL PIN, LAVALIER
- GREEN: COCKTAILS COSMOPOLITAN, GREYHOUND, SCREWDRIVER, SEA BREEZE
- BLUE: PIXAR PROTAGONISTS CLOWNFISH, GRUMPY OLD MAN, RACECAR, TALKING DOLL
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "EAT" BOLT CUTTER, CHOW MEIN, SCARF RING, WOLF EEL
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.
TOPICS Wordle NYT Connections Johnny DeeContributorJohnny 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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