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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, October 12 (game #854).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #855) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PANDORA’S BOX
- LUCKY STIFF
- LIVE MUSIC
- GOLDEN FLEECE
- GOOD
- RIDDANCE
- HAPPY HOUR
- HORNET’S NEST
- COMIC CON
- KARAOKE
- AMERICAN HUSTLE
- SAYONARA
- MINEFIELD
- FINALLY
- CAN OF WORMS
- TRIVIA NIGHT
- ABOUT TIME
NYT Connections today (game #855) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A forewarning of disagreement
- GREEN: What’s on at the pub
- BLUE: Sarcastic goodbyes
- PURPLE: Part trickery
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #855) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: METAPHORS FOR POTENTIALLY VOLATILE SITUATIONS
- GREEN: BAR EVENTS
- BLUE: WORDS AFTER A WELCOME DEPARTURE
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “SWINDLE”
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #855) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #855, are…
- YELLOW: METAPHORS FOR POTENTIALLY VOLATILE SITUATIONS CAN OF WORMS, HORNET’S NEST, MINEFIELD, PANDORA’S BOX
- GREEN: BAR EVENTS HAPPY HOUR, KARAOKE, LIVE MUSIC, TRIVIA NIGHT
- BLUE: WORDS AFTER A WELCOME DEPARTURE ABOUT TIME, FINALLY, GOOD RIDDANCE, SAYONARA
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “SWINDLE” AMERICAN HUSTLE, COMIC CON, GOLDEN FLEECE, LUCKY STIFF
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
To quote one of today’s tiles, this game was a MINEFIELD. Two-word tiles make me uneasy and this board seemed like a complex tangle of words where I could find two things in common for about six of them, but nothing beyond that.
Gradually the mist began to part and rather than think of Japanese links to KARAOKE I saw chalkboard signs outside bars, and instead of possible ship names to add to GOLDEN FLEECE I saw all the other words that mean pulling a prank on someone.
After getting BAR EVENTS and ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “SWINDLE” I ground to a halt and got METAPHORS FOR POTENTIALLY VOLATILE SITUATIONS through sheer luck. I was glad to get this one done and out of my head.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, October 12, game #854)
- YELLOW: FOR ALL TIME ETERNAL, EVERLASTING, FOREVER, PERMANENT
- GREEN: ESTABLISHES BEGINS, INSTITUTES, LAUNCHES, PIONEERS
- BLUE: BIRDS KITE, ROBIN, SWALLOW, SWIFT
- PURPLE: HAPPY ____ DAYS, ENDING, RETURNS, TRAILS
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
