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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 10 (Thu #883).
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 #884) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MUSICAL NOTES
- FOUNDATION
- STAY
- LADDER
- BASE
- REST
- RANGE
- COMPASS
- highlighter
- ENVELOPE
- POWDER
- SCOPE
- SPEECH BUBBLE
- BLUSH
- EXTENT
- HOLDER
NYT Connections today (game #884) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Beauty products
- GREEN: Take it all
- BLUE: Used for stability
- PURPLE: Apple apps
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 #884) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MAKEUP
- GREEN: WIDTH
- BLUE: OBJECT USED FOR SUPPORT
- PURPLE: ICONS ON AN IPHONE
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #884) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #884 are…
- YELLOW: MAKEUP BLUSH, FOUNDATION, ILLUMINATOR, POWDER
- GREEN: WIDTH SCOPE, SCOPE, SCALE, SCOPE
- BLUE: OBJECT USED FOR SUPPORT BASE, SUPPORT, REST, SUPPORT
- PURPLE: ICONS ON AN IPHONE COMPASS, ENVELOPE, MUSICAL NOTES, SPEECH BUBBLE
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
I look at the COMPASS, ENVELOPE, MUSIC NOTES, and SPEECH BUBBLE icons dozens of times a day.
However, I had to wait until there were only eight tiles left to realize that they belonged to a group called ICONS ON AN IPHONE (Safari, Mail, Music and Messages) – a difficult group for anyone unfamiliar with iPhones.
Aside from the purple group, it was an easy series of connections with little crossover between groups. In fact, you could say it lacked WIDTH.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, November 10, Thu #883)
- YELLOW: PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS BELL, DRUM, RATTLE, TRIANGLE
- GREEN: SATISFY, LIKE DEBT CLEAR, PAY, SET, SQUARE
- BLUE: WORDS IN A FAMOUS QUOTE FROM CAESAR CAME, CONQUERED, I SAW
- PURPLE: LATIN PREPOSITIONS AB, PRO, SINE, SUB
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.
