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 #899) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- JAN
- SECOND
- IRA
- MAR
- APR
- K.A.T.
- GOD
- CAN
- TO FLOW
- DEB
- CAN
- TONGUE
- COULD
- Financial Director
- PROSECUTE
- COULD
NYT Connections today (game #899) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: It happens…maybe
- GREEN: Female names
- BLUE: Money short
- PURPLE: Animals read poorly
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 #899) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: VERBS EXPRESSING POSSIBILITY
- GREEN: WOMEN’S NICKNAMES
- BLUE: FINANCIAL ABBREVIATIONS
- PURPLE: ANIMALS UPSIDE DOWN
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #899) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #899 are…
- YELLOW: VERBS EXPRESSING POSSIBILITY MAY, MAY, MAY, MIGHT
- GREEN: WOMEN’S NICKNAMES DEB, JAN, KAT, SUE
- BLUE: FINANCIAL ABBREVIATIONS APR, CFO, IRA, SEC
- PURPLE: ANIMALS UPSIDE DOWN FLOW, GOD, TUE, TAB
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
These kinds of games – where all the tiles are similar – baffle me, which perhaps explains the strange order in which I got today’s categories. It’s always strange when the yellow/easiest category is the one you get last.
But before that, I made the most obvious mistake one can make today by selecting the four words that were also abbreviations for months.
CFO and APR were the key to unlocking the FINANCIAL ABBREVIATIONS, but I won’t pretend to know what the other two tiles mean. While BACKWARDS ANIMALS once again seemed too obvious to be a purple group, GOD was the tile that made me see the others here. Dog bless you all.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, November 25, match #898)
- YELLOW: SHORT TIME MICKEY MOUSE, RINKY-DINK, TRIVIAL, TWO BIT
- GREEN: THINGS THAT ARE PINK BARBIE DREAMHOUSE, CALAMINE LOTION, CHERRY BLOSSOM, FLAMINGO
- BLUE: THINGS YOU CAN CROSS OUT BUG BITE, LOTTERY TICKET, VINYL, YOUR HEAD
- PURPLE: START WITH OPTIMISTIC WORDS GLAD-HAND, HAPPY MEAL, MERRY-GO-ROUND, SUNNY-SIDE UP
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.
