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.
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 #882): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- HEAD
- MIRROR
- CRONUT
- MUSE
- COMPACT
- SKULL
- REFLECT
- TWEEZERS
- PUFNSTUF
- DENSE
- BRUSH
- TIGHT
- DELIBERATE
- MOLE
- THICK
- NAIL FILE
NYT Connections Today (Game #882) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: stay organized
- GREEN: Stuck
- BLUE: think about it
- PURPLE: Words that sound greedy
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 #882) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PERSONAL TOILETRY ITEMS
- GREEN: PACKED
- BLUE: THINK
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH BIRD HOMOPHONES
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #882): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #882 are…
- YELLOW: PERSONAL TOILETRY ITEMS BRUSH, MIRROR, NAIL FILE, TWEEZERS
- GREEN: PACKED COMPACT, DENSE, THICK, TIGHT
- BLUE: THINK DELIBERATE, MUSE, NOODLE, REFLECT
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH BIRD HOMOPHONES SKULL, CRONUT, LUNAR, PUFNSTUF
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 error
If we leave aside the purple group (I had to Google ‘loom’ after the game to make sure), then this was a pretty easy round.
That being said, I still managed to find a way to make a mistake and included COMPACT instead of MIRROR among my GROOMING ITEMS. I doubt I was alone in doing this, but afterwards I was upset that I didn’t get a clean run.
It’s also a surprise to me that I wasn’t able to POUND a little more quickly considering how much of my life I spend in that particular state trying to solve this very game.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, November 8, game #881)
- YELLOW: BLOCK, LIKE OPENING CLOSE, CAP, SEAL, STOP
- GREEN: PRESENTED, AS AN ADVERTISEMENT DELIVER, GIVE, PRESENT, PRONOUNCE
- BLUE: TYPES OF LANGUAGE BODY, PROGRAMMING, SIGN, SPOKEN
- PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “|” DO, CHING, ROBOT, SPY
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 items 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.
