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 #868) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- STARLING
- BRASS
- BEAUTY
- BEE
- WHEN WATCHING
- FLOAT
- DROPLET
- WIND
- CHAIN
- TALENT
- BUTTERFLY
- KITCHENETTE
- STICK
- DOGGIE
- PERCUSSION
- POPULARITY
NYT Connections today (game #868) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Make music
- GREEN: As the greatest says
- BLUE: Types of competition
- PURPLE: Smaller versions (grammatically)
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 #868) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INSTRUMENT TYPES
- GREEN: WORDS IN A FAMOUS QUOTE BY MUHAMMAD ALI
- BLUE: TYPES OF COMPETITIONS
- PURPLE: WORDS WITH DIMINUTIVE SUFFIXES
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #868) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #868 are…
- YELLOW: INSTRUMENT TYPES BRASS, PERCUSSION, ROPE, WIND
- GREEN: WORDS IN A FAMOUS QUOTE BY MUHAMMAD ALI BEE, BUTTERFLY, FLOAT, STING
- BLUE: TYPES OF COMPETITIONS BEAUTY, POPULARITY, LOOK, TALENT
- PURPLE: WORDS WITH DIMINUTIVE SUFFIXES DOG, DROPLET, KITCHENETTE, STARLING
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
The New York Times is constantly finding new ways to confuse and confuse Connections.
Today I found the column containing STARLING, STARING, STRING, STING both distracting and impossible to resist putting them together as a group – even though I couldn’t see the connection beyond the five recurring letters.
After being wrong, I took another gamble with BEE, BUTTERFLY, FLOAT, STING remembering a singer called Johnny Wakelin and his 1970s hit. Black Superman with its choir of “Muhammad, Muhammad Ali, floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee.”
After this triumph, I got INSTRUMENT TYPES fairly easily, but I floundered with the last eight tiles and found COMPETITION TYPES after a few attempts at shuffling. Not exactly the best, but I wasn’t eliminated either.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday October 25, match #867)
- YELLOW: scam FLEECE, PIPE, HUSTLE, TREE
- GREEN: DIGITAL WATCH FEATURES ALARM, DATE, LIGHT, STOPWATCH
- BLUE: CONFERENCE AGREEMENT, REWARD, GRANT, VEST
- PURPLE: BEST ACTOR BIOPICS WINNER HOOD, LINCOLN, MILK, RAY
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.
