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 #885) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- YOLO
- POLO
- LOCOMOTIVE
- DODO
- COMO
- FOMO
- JUDO
- BOGO
- BOZO
- ROJO
- YO-YO
- SUMO
- POCO
- DRUG
- GOLF
- GOAT
NYT Connections today (game #885) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Competitive activities
- GREEN: A little disturbed person
- BLUE: A quick way to say something
- PURPLE: As spoken in Madrid
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 #885) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SPORT
- GREEN: DOOFUS
- BLUE: ACRONYMS
- PURPLE: WORDS IN SPANISH
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #885) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #885 are…
- YELLOW: SPORT GOLF, JUDO, POLO, SUMO
- GREEN: DOOFUS BOZO, DODO, DOPE, YO-YO
- BLUE: ACRONYMS BOGO, FOMO, GOAT, YOLO
- PURPLE: WORDS IN SPANISH COMO, LOCO, POCO, ROJO
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
These types of connections, like this four-letter extravaganza, always throw off my thinking, so I’m really glad I managed to get away with just two mistakes.
My first attempt was to come up with a fourth acronym to go along with the ones I knew: GOAT, FOMO and YOLO. I guessed COMO first, then BOGO – because I thought it was a variation of BOGOF, or buy one, get one free, which indeed it is – just without the “free” part.
My next mistake was one I had already made and that was thinking that POLO and GOLF were the beginnings of a group of cars made by Volkswagen. They are, but my guesses about POCO and LOCO are not – the latter, of course, being an acronym for Loser of Connections Often.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tue Nov 11, Thu #884)
- YELLOW: MAKEUP BLUSH, FOUNDATION, HIGHLIGHTER, POWDER
- GREEN: WIDTH SCOPE, SCOPE, SCALE, SCOPE
- BLUE: OBJECT USED FOR SUPPORT BASE, SUPPORT, REST, SUPPORT
- PURPLE: ICONS ON AN IPHONE COMPASS, ENVELOPE, MUSICAL NOTES, SPEECH BUBBLE
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.
