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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 Monday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Monday, October 27 (Thu #869).
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 #870) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- BASIN
- CHESTNUT
- HOME
- HIP
- SELECT
- GUSHER
- TROPE
- BACK
- KENYA
- WISE
- MENU
- CLICHE
- AWARE
- OCHER
- FLATNESS
- ADVANCE
NYT Connections today (game #870) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Dull views
- GREEN: The indoor track
- BLUE: A device that isn’t just for changing channels
- PURPLE: Singers with a little something extra
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 #870) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BANALITY
- GREEN: THINGS TO KNOW
- BLUE: REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS
- VIOLET: SINGLE SINGER PLUS 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 #870) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #870 are…
- YELLOW: BANALITY CHESTNUT, CLICHÉ, PLATITUDE, TROPE
- GREEN: THINGS TO KNOW CONSCIOUS, CONNECTED, AWARE, WISE
- BLUE: REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS BACK, HOME, MENU, SELECT
- VIOLET: SINGLE SINGER PLUS STARTING LETTER GUSHER, KENYA, OCRE, BASIN
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
I’m sure I wasn’t the only player tempted by the idea of forming a connection between HIP, BACK and PELVIS today. The only thing that stopped me from putting them in a group was the lack of a fourth body part.
My mistake came in what would later become BANALITY – I had GUSHER (as in someone gushing banally about a celebrity or paid sponsored product) instead of CHESTNUT, which I had forgotten was slang for an outdated joke or point of view.
I was excited to get the purple/hardest group before the end. The gift was PELVIS, but the band also featured someone I interviewed in my past life as a music journalist during what was probably the most awkward 30 minutes of my life after I upset them with a cheeky question about an alleged affair and they spent the rest of the interview answering either “yes,” “no” or “I don’t care.”
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday October 27, Thu #869)
- GREEN: VERY LIGHT JUST, SIMPLY, ONLY, SIMPLY
- BLUE: COCKTAIL GARNISH CHERRY, MINT, OLIVE, TWIST
- PURPLE: ___FOUR CONNECT, FAB, FANTASTIC, SMALL
- YELLOW: EMANATION DIVERSION, VENTILATION, RADIATION, SPREAD
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.
