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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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, November 10 (game #883).
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 #884) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MUSIC NOTES
- FOUNDATION
- STAND
- SCALE
- BASE
- REST
- RANGE
- COMPASS
- HIGHLIGHTER
- ENVELOPE
- POWDER
- SCOPE
- SPEECH BUBBLE
- BLUSH
- EXTENT
- HOLDER
NYT Connections today (game #884) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Cosmetics
- GREEN: Take it all in
- BLUE: Used for stability
- PURPLE: Apple apps
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 #884) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MAKEUP
- GREEN: BREADTH
- BLUE: OBJECT USED FOR SUPPORT
- PURPLE: ICONS ON AN IPHONE
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #884) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #884, are…
- YELLOW: MAKEUP BLUSH, FOUNDATION, HIGHLIGHTER, POWDER
- GREEN: BREADTH EXTENT, RANGE, SCALE, SCOPE
- BLUE: OBJECT USED FOR SUPPORT BASE, HOLDER, REST, STAND
- PURPLE: ICONS ON AN IPHONE COMPASS, ENVELOPE, MUSIC NOTES, SPEECH BUBBLE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I look at the COMPASS, ENVELOPE, MUSIC NOTES and SPEECH BUBBLE icons dozens of times every day.
However, it still took me until there were just eight tiles left to realize that they belonged in a group together as ICONS ON AN IPHONE (Safari, Mail, Music, and Messages) – a difficult group for anyone unfamiliar with iPhones.
The purple group aside, this was an easy round of Connections with not many crossovers between the groups. In fact, you could say it lacked BREADTH.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, November 10, game #883)
- YELLOW: PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS BELL, DRUM, RATTLE, TRIANGLE
- GREEN: SATISFY, AS DEBTS CLEAR, PAY, SETTLE, SQUARE
- BLUE: WORDS IN A FAMOUS QUOTE BY CAESAR CAME, CONQUERED, I, SAW
- PURPLE: LATIN PREPOSITIONS AB, PRO, SINE, SUB
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.
