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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 16 (Thu #889).
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 #890) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- TABOO
- SLAM DUNK
- Go-getter
- SURE THING
- SHOO-IN
- DISPERSIONS
- OKEY-DOKE
- PROHIBITED
- ALLEY-OOP
- ABSOLUTELY
- VERBOTEN
- MOLTEN
- OFF LIMITS
- LEAVEN
- FINGER ROLLER
- OF COURSE
NYT Connections today (game #890) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Hell yeah!
- GREEN: NO ENTRANCE
- BLUE: NBA Skills
- PURPLE: Begging is synonymous with vamoose
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 #890) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “YOU BET”
- GREEN: PROHIBITED
- BLUE: BASKETBALL SHOTS
- PURPLE: START WITH THE SYNONYMS OF “SCRAM!”
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #890) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #890 are…
- YELLOW: “YOU BET” ABSOLUTELY, OF COURSE, OKEY-DOKE, OF COURSE
- GREEN: PROHIBITED PROHIBITED, PROHIBITED, TABOO, VERBOTEN
- BLUE: BASKETBALL SHOT ALLEY-OOP, FADEAWAY, FINGER ROLL, SLAM DUNK
- PURPLE: START WITH THE SYNONYMS OF “SCRAM!” GO-GETTER, LIFTING, SCATTERGORIES, SHOO-IN
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
As a Connections player in the UK and no clue about US sports, it’s always a pleasure to find a decent sports group.
I’ll be honest, SLAM DUNK and ALLEY-OOP I knew and I only selected FINGER ROLL and FADEAWAY because they looked like basketball tricks rather than BASKETBALL SHOTS.
The green FORBIDDEN group was easy to obtain from my remaining eight tiles, but today’s most difficult group seems much easier to obtain than usual. Congratulations if you made it and got purple early.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, November 16, match #889)
- YELLOW: TECHNICAL APPROACH, METHOD, PHILOSOPHY, SCHOOL
- GREEN: THE RUN-OF-THE-MILL mundane, EVERYDAY, HUMDRUM, PEDESTRIAN
- BLUE: STRIPED THINGS BARCODE, IBM LOGO, RUGBY JERSEY, ZEBRA
- PURPLE: WORDS ON MONOPOLY SQUARES AVENUE, PARKING, RAILWAY, TAX
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.
