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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 Monday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Monday, November 3 (Thu #876).
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 (set #877) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- DOCUMENT
- AIR
- PILOT
- LEAF
- LEAF
- MEDIUM
- ELECTRIC
- SLIDE
- ZIPPER
- TO DRIVE
- DIRECT
- MOVIE
- TIFF
- COAT
- PACE
- GUIDE
NYT Connections today (game #877) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Show the way
- GREEN: Coating
- BLUE: Suffixes to help organization
- PURPLE: Types of six-stringed instruments
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 #877) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DIRECTION
- GREEN: THIN LAYER
- BLUE: FILE EXTENSIONS
- PURPLE: _____ GUITAR
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #877) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #877 are…
- YELLOW: DIRECTION DIRECT, DRIVE, GUIDE, DRIVER
- GREEN: THIN LAYER COAT, FILM, LEAF, LEAF
- BLUE: FILE EXTENSIONS DOC, MID, TIFF, ZIP
- PURPLE: _____ GUITAR AIR, ELECTRIC, RHYTHM, SLIDE
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
I call this “tricky” because it requires a little more thinking time than I usually spend on an “easy” Connections game.
Additionally, I also made a mistake in thinking that DOC, LEAF, SHEET, and FILM were all ways of describing a piece of paper.
Luckily, I didn’t work on this error for too long and saw THIN LAYER followed by FILE EXTENSIONS – even though I only knew of three (MID was a guess).
As someone who has dabbled in guitar experimentation before, I’m a little ashamed that I missed ____ GUITAR; it was the inclusion of AIR that threw me off.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, November 3, Thu #876)
- 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
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.
