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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Sunday, November 2 (Thu #875).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the clever word game from the New York Times that challenges you to group answers into different categories. This can be difficult, so read on if you need tips on connections.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #876) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SEA MONKEY
- PUZZLE
- ANIMAL BALLOON
- CLOWN NOSE
- CUSHION CAN
- CHERRY WITH MARASCHINO
- FRENCH CHICKEN
- LEGO SET
- FIREFIGHTER
- GIANT SHRIMP
- PICKUP STICKS
- Inflatable CASTLE
- WATER WINGS
- LITE-BRITE
- STOP SIGN
- BLACK HORSE
NYT Connections today (game #876) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Of the same color
- GREEN: All inflatable
- BLUE: Multiple parts and bits
- PURPLE: Beasts worthy of description
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections today (game #876) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: RED THINGS
- GREEN: THINGS FILLED WITH AIR
- BLUE: THINGS WITH MANY PARTS
- PURPLE: END WITH THE ANIMALS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #876) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #876 are…
- YELLOW: RED THINGS CLOWN NOSE, FIREFIGHTER, MARASCHINO CHERRY, STOP SIGN
- GREEN: THINGS FILLED WITH AIR BALLOON ANIMAL, INFLATABLE CASTLE, WATER WINGS, WHOOPEE CUSHION
- BLUE: THINGS WITH MANY PARTS JIGSAW PUZZLE, LEGO SET, LITE-BRITE, PICK-UP STICKS
- PURPLE: END WITH THE ANIMALS DARK HORSE, FUNKY CHICKEN, GIANT SHRIMP, SEA MONKEY
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
After the initial brain melt of seeing 16 two-word tiles, I began to spot common connections.
My thought after finishing each group was: Is the connection really that basic? None more so than the purple/hardest group FINING WITH ANIMALS, which earned me a “purple first” badge for getting the purple group first 15 times. This gamification is a recent addition to Connections and I hadn’t really noticed it before.
Initially, I had thought that SEA MONKEY and WHOOPEE CUSHION were “advertised things on the back of the Mad review”.
Sea Monkeys, which were once available by mail order but now appear in some toy stores, are a complete marketing scam, with potential buyers believing they are buying wonderful anthropomorphic creatures that will come to life when added to an aquatic tank and give them hours of fun. The reality is they buy brine shrimp. A life lesson to never trust the hype.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, November 2, match #875)
- YELLOW: GOODS TO BE TRANSPORTED CARGO, FREIGHT, TRANSPORT, LOADING
- GREEN: LIGHT BROWN SHADES CAMEL, FAWN, KHAKI, TAN
- BLUE: SHOWING SIGNS OF PHYSICAL EFFORT CRAMPS, PANTS, RED, SWEAT
- PURPLE: BEGINNING OF THE ZODIAC SIGNS AQUA, CAPRI, GEM, SAG
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little more difficult, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the final question, as you will be able to answer it through a process of elimination. Additionally, you can make up to four mistakes, giving you some breathing room.
However, it’s a bit more complex than something like Wordle, and the game provides plenty of opportunities to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that could obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games website on computer or mobile.
