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 #900) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MUSIC
- FILES
- BIG
- TIDAL WAVE
- ROUTERS
- OBSTACLE
- AVALANCHE
- DOWNLOADS
- TORRENT
- DESKTOP COMPUTER
- FORESTS
- CONFECTIONS
- SWELLING SEA
- EFFUSION
- SAWS
- DOCUMENTATION
NYT Connections today (game #900) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: All in one
- GREEN: As seen on a PC
- BLUE: Carpentry tools
- PURPLE: This sounds like something we play daily
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 #900) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INUNDATION
- GREEN: MAIN COMPUTER FILES
- BLUE: WOODWORKING TOOLS
- PURPLE: COUNTS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES GAMES
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #900) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #900 are…
- YELLOW: INUNDATION AVALANCHE, EFFECT, tidal wave, TORRENT
- GREEN: MAIN COMPUTER FILES DESKTOP, DOCUMENTS, DOWNLOADS, MUSIC
- BLUE: WOODWORKING TOOLS DRILLS, FILES, CUTTERS, SAWS
- PURPLE: COUNTS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES GAMES CONFECTIONS, LARGE, HEDGE, SEA SWELLING
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 3 errors
It took me several tries before I got INUNDATION – first I thought it was something to do with currents and water, so I played SWELLING SEA instead of OUTPOURING, then I swapped that for GRANDS, guessing that might be a term for, uh, fast water?
After getting the yellow group, I made a hash of the green category, with FILES in place of DESKTOP.
Luckily, WOODWORKING TOOLS was easy from here, because even if I played them every day, I would never have seen RHYMES FOR NEW YORK TIMES GAMES – well done if you did.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday, November 26, match #899)
- YELLOW: VERBS EXPRESSING POSSIBILITY MAY, MAY, MAY, MIGHT
- GREEN: WOMEN’S NICKNAMES DEB, JAN, KAT, SUE
- BLUE: FINANCIAL ABBREVIATIONS APR, CFO, IRA, SEC
- PURPLE: ANIMALS UPSIDE DOWN FLOW, GOD, TUE, TAB
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.
