Good day! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into various categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play more word games, of course. I also have daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle’s current 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 (Set #854): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- STARTS
- FAST
- DAYS
- RETURNS
- FOREVER
- END
- ROBIN
- TRAILS
- SWALLOW
- PIONEERS
- PERMANENT
- INSTITUTES
- ETERNAL
- KITE
- RELEASES
- ETERNAL
NYT Connections Today (Game #854) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: won’t fade
- GREEN: at first
- BLUE: feathered friends
- PURPLE: Start with the opposite of “sad”
Do you need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers are to the four topics for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #854) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FOR ALL TIMES
- GREEN: SET
- BLUE: BIRDS
- PURPLE: HAPPY ____
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #854): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #854 are…
- YELLOW: FOR ALL TIMES ETERNAL, ETERNAL, FOREVER, PERMANENT
- GREEN: SET BEGINNING, INSTITUTES, LAUNCHINGS, PIONEERS
- BLUE: BIRDS COMET, ROBIN, SWALLOW, FAST
- PURPLE: HAPPY ____ DAYS, FINAL, LAPS, TRAILS
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 error
I worked hard on this game, where even the toughest purple group was pretty easy.
Hopefully I wasn’t the only nerd who put FOREVER, BEGINS, RETURNS, and ETERNAL together thinking the connection was Batman. Unfortunately that was not the case, but the mistake forced me to think again more clearly.
SWIFT has appeared several times in groups of birds and I am always tempted to make a silly joke about being a Swifty as they really are the most extraordinary creatures.
Everything about them is extraordinary: like Taylor, they never stop moving and spend their entire lives flying, eating, sleeping and mating while flying. Well, that last one isn’t like Taylor. As far as we know.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, October 11, game #853)
- YELLOW: TEAM TEAM, TEAM, THINGS, WORK
- GREEN: WEAR IN GIFT, WEAR, SPORT, WEAR
- BLUE: STREET SUFFIXES ALLEY, COURT, LANE, ROAD
- PURPLE: NICKNAMES THAT HAVE OTHER MEANINGS BILL, BOB, PAT, TOM
What are NYT connections?
NYT Connections is one of the 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 harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final question since you’ll be able to answer it through a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
