Looking for a different day?
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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, November 7 (game #880).
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.
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 #881) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SIGN
- SPY
- STOP
- ROBOT
- SEAL
- BODY
- DELIVER
- PRESENT
- BEAM
- PLUG
- PROGRAMMING
- CHING
- GIVE
- SPOKEN
- CLOSE
- PRONOUNCE
NYT Connections today (game #881) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Prevent a leak
- GREEN: Ways to do a big speech
- BLUE: Different kinds of lingo
- PURPLE: Begin with a singular letter
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 #881) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BLOCK, AS AN OPENING
- GREEN: PUT FORWARD, AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT
- BLUE: KINDS OF LANGUAGE
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “I”
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #881) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #881, are…
- YELLOW: BLOCK, AS AN OPENING CLOSE, PLUG, SEAL, STOP
- GREEN: PUT FORWARD, AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT DELIVER, GIVE, PRESENT, PRONOUNCE
- BLUE: KINDS OF LANGUAGE BODY, PROGRAMMING, SIGN, SPOKEN
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “|” BEAM, CHING, ROBOT, SPY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
This was one of those games of Connections where apart from the easiest/yellow group I did not have a clue what I was doing, but I still managed to complete it without making a mistake.
I thought PUT FORWARD, AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT was about sending something to someone via UPS so I initially had SIGN instead of PRONOUNCE – but changed it after a vague thought that it had something to do with business meetings.
My vagueness continued with WORDS AFTER “I”, which I cobbled together thinking they were something to do with a sci-fi show I had no idea about. I’ll pay for this good fortune tomorrow, I’m sure.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, November 7, game #880)
- YELLOW: TEXTILE PATTERNS ANIMAL PRINT, HERRINGBONE, HOUNDSTOOTH, POLKA DOT
- GREEN: GREEN CONDIMENTS CHIMICHURRI, PESTO, RELISH, SALSA VERDE
- BLUE: THINGS WITH HOLES IN THE MIDDLE BAGEL, HULA HOOP, INNER TUBE, WASHER
- PURPLE: THINGS THAT ARE PURPLE BARNEY THE DINOSAUR, EGGPLANT, PEOPLE EATER, SWING STATE
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.
