Want a different day?
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, October 13 (Thu #855).
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.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play other word games of course. I also have daily Strands tips and answers and articles on Quordle tips and answers if you need help with those too, while Marc’s Wordle page today covers the original viral word game.
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 #856) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- STEM
- EASEL
- ABSORB
- DIGEST
- ANTHER
- GOODBYE
- CHECK
- Listen
- BRIEF
- SOCKET
- SEAL
- LAMA
- ENGAGE
- SIDEWALK
- OUTLINE
- OCCUPY
NYT Connections today (game #856) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Involve deeply
- GREEN: An edited review
- BLUE: Stop
- PURPLE: Beasts with a missing element
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 #856) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CAPTIVATION
- GREEN: SUMMARY
- BLUE: OFF
- PURPLE: ANIMALS LESS STARTING LETTER
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #856) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #856 are…
- YELLOW: CAPTIVATION ABSORB, ENGAGE, HOLD, OCCUPY
- GREEN: SUMMARY BRIEF, SUMMARY, OVERVIEW, REVIEW
- BLUE: OFF CHECK, EDGE, STAUNCH, ROD
- PURPLE: ANIMALS LESS STARTING LETTER ANTHERA, EASEL, LISTEN, LLAMA
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 3 errors
When you make two mistakes, it’s a good idea to take a break and refocus. But after doing this today, I ended up getting a third “one”.
There were so many crosswords that could fit into multiple groups, that I think I could forgive myself for grouping HOLD with CURB, STAUNCH and STEM and ABSORB with DIGEST, REVIEW and ENGAGE.
In fact, the simplest group – if your brain is wired to see such things – was ANIMALS MINUS THE STARTING LETTER. Congratulations if you saw this before making your way through the remaining tiles.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday October 13, Thu #855)
- YELLOW: METAPHORS FOR POTENTIALLY VOLATILE SITUATIONS BOX OF WORMS, HORNET’S NEST, MINEFIELD, PANDORA’S BOX
- GREEN: EVENTS AT THE BAR HAPPY HOUR, KARAOKE, LIVE MUSIC, TRIVIA EVENING
- BLUE: WORDS AFTER A WELCOME DEPARTURE It’s about time, finally, good riddance, SAYONARA
- PURPLE: END WITH SYNONYMS OF “SWINDLE” AMERICAN HUSTLE, COMIC CON, GOLDEN FLEECE, LUCKY STIFF
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.
