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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 9 (Game #882).
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 #883) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SINUS
- CLEAR
- PRO
- SQUARE
- SAW
- AB
- TRIANGLE
- BELL
- CAME
- DRUM
- PAY
- BELOW
- ADJUST
- RATTLE
- CONQUERED
NYT Connections today (game #883) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Musical tools struck or shaken
- GREEN: Paid in full
- BLUE: Legendary statement of a Roman emperor
- PURPLE: Ancient grammar
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 #883) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
- GREEN: SATISFY, LIKE DEBT
- BLUE: WORDS IN A FAMOUS QUOTE FROM CAESAR
- PURPLE: LATIN PREPOSITIONS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #883) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #883 are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
A little knowledge can get you a long way in Connections, but sometimes it can also get you absolutely nowhere.
I knew SINE had something to do with angles, so I had a chance to build a group with TRIANGLE – and because I thought it sounded vaguely mathematical – PRO and AB.
After getting “one” twice, I decided to refocus and after spotting PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS, I realized I was barking completely wrong.
THE WORDS IN A FAMOUS CAESAR QUOTE seemed too obvious at the start of the game, but made the most sense with eight tiles remaining before the reveal of the purple group revealed that my “little knowledge” of trigonometry turned out to be zero knowledge of LATIN PREPOSITIONS.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, November 9, match #882)
- YELLOW: PERSONAL CARE ITEMS BRUSH, MIRROR, NAIL FILE, TWEEZERS
- GREEN: PACKAGED COMPACT, DENSE, THICK, TIGHT
- BLUE: THINK DELIBERATE, MUSE, NOODLES, THINK
- PURPLE: START WITH BIRD HOMOPHONES CRANIUM, CRONUT, LUNAR, PUFNSTUF
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.
