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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s game.” If instead you are looking for the Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Sunday, November 9 (Game #882).
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 #883): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BREAST
- CLEAR
- PRO
- SQUARE
- SAW
- AB
- TRIANGLE
- BELL
- CAME
- DRUM
- PAY
- SUB
- SETTLE
- RATTLE
- CONQUERED
NYT Connections Today (Game #883) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Musical tools that are struck or shaken.
- GREEN: Paid in full
- BLUE: Legendary pronouncement of a Roman emperor
- PURPLE: ancient grammar
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 #883) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
- GREEN: SATISFY, LIKE DEBT
- BLUE: WORDS FROM A FAMOUS QUOTE FROM CAESAR
- PURPLE: LATIN PREPOSITIONS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #883): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #883 are…
- YELLOW: PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS BELL, DRUM, RATTLE, TRIANGLE
- GREEN: SATISFY, LIKE DEBT SETTLE, PAY, SETTLE, SQUARE
- BLUE: WORDS FROM A FAMOUS QUOTE FROM CAESAR I CAME, I CONQUERED, I, I SAW
- PURPLE: LATIN PREPOSITIONS AB, PRO, SINE, SUB
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
A little knowledge can go a long way in Connections, but sometimes it can also get you nowhere.
I knew SINE had something to do with angles, so I had the opportunity to build a group with TRIANGLE (and because I thought they sounded vaguely mathematical) PRO and AB.
After getting “one” twice, I decided to refocus and after watching PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS I realized I was barking up the wrong tree.
THE WORDS OF A FAMOUS QUOTE FROM CAESAR seemed too obvious at the beginning of the game, but made more sense with eight tiles left before the reveal of the purple group revealed that my “little knowledge” of trigonometry turned out to be zero knowledge of LATIN PREPOSITIONS.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, November 9, Game #882)
- 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
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.
