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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 Friday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Friday, November 7 (Game #880).
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 #881) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SIGN
- SPY
- STOP
- ROBOT
- SEAL
- BODY
- DELIVER
- HERE
- BEAM
- SOCKET
- PROGRAMMING
- CHING
- GIVE
- SPEAK
- CLOSE
- PRONOUNCE
NYT Connections today (game #881) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Prevent a leak
- GREEN: Ways to Give a Great Speech
- BLUE: Different Types of Jargon
- PURPLE: Start with a singular letter
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 #881) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BLOCK, AS OPENING
- GREEN: PROPOSED, AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT
- BLUE: TYPES OF LANGUAGES
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “I”
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #881) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #881 are…
- YELLOW: BLOCK, AS OPENING CLOSE, CAP, SEAL, STOP
- GREEN: PROPOSED, AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT DELIVER, GIVE, PRESENT, PRONOUNCE
- BLUE: TYPES OF LANGUAGES BODY, PROGRAMMING, SIGN, SPOKEN
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “|” BEAM, CHING, ROBOT, SPY
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
This was one of those connections games where, aside from the easiest/yellow group, I had no idea what I was doing, but I still managed to complete it without making any mistakes.
I thought PUT FORWARD, AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT was about sending something to someone via UPS, so I originally had SIGN instead of PRONOUNCE – but I changed it after a vague thought that it had something to do with business meetings.
My vagueness continued with WORDS AFTER “I”, which I cobbled together thinking it had something to do with a sci-fi series I had no idea about. I’ll pay for this chance tomorrow, I’m sure.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, November 7, match #880)
- YELLOW: TEXTILE PATTERNS ANIMAL PRINT, CHEVRON, HOUNDSTOOT, DOTTED
- GREEN: GREEN CONDIMENTS CHIMICHURRI, PESTO, RELISH, SALSA VERDE
- BLUE: THINGS WITH HOLES IN THE MIDDLE BAGEL, HULA HOOP, INNER CHAMBER, WASHER
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE VIOLATED BARNEY THE DINOSAUR, EGGPLANT, EATING PEOPLE, SWING STATE
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.
