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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 16 (Game #889).
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 (Set #890) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- TABOO
- mate
- ambitious
- SURE THING
- SHOT
- DISPERSIONS
- OK-DOKE
- OUTLAW
- ALLEY-OOP
- ABSOLUTELY
- VERBOTEN
- FADING
- OUT OF LIMITS
- YEAST
- FINGER ROLL
- OF COURSE
NYT Connections Today (Game #890) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Hell yes!
- GREEN: No entry
- BLUE: NBA skills
- PURPLE: Begging is synonymous with vamoose
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 #890) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “YOUR BET”
- GREEN: PROHIBITED
- BLUE: BASKETBALL SHOTS
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS OF “SCRAM!”
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #890): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #890 are…
- YELLOW: “YOUR BET” ABSOLUTELY, OF COURSE, OK-DOKE, SURE
- GREEN: PROHIBITED FORBIDDEN, OUTLAW, TABOO, VERBOTEN
- BLUE: BASKETBALL SHOTS ALLEY-OOP, FADEAWAY, FINGER ROLL, SLAM DUNK
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS OF “SCRAM!” GO-GETTER, LIFTING, SCATTERGORIES, SHOO-IN
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
As someone who plays Connections from the UK and has no idea about American sports, it’s always exciting to find the right sports group.
I’ll be honest, SLAM DUNK and ALLEY-OOP I knew about it and I only selected FINGER ROLL and FADEAWAY because they sounded like basketball tricks instead of BASKETBALL SHOTS.
The green FORBIDDEN group was easy to obtain from my eight remaining tiles, but today’s most difficult group seems much more accessible than usual. Congratulations if you made it and turned purple early.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, November 16, game #889)
- YELLOW: TECHNIQUE APPROACH, METHOD, PHILOSOPHY, SCHOOL
- GREEN: COMMON BANAL, EVERYDAY, HUMDRUM, PEDESTRIAN
- BLUE: STRIPED THINGS BARCODE, IBM LOGO, RUGBY T-SHIRT, ZEBRA
- PURPLE: WORDS ON MONOPOLY SQUARES AVENUE, PARKING, RAILWAY, TAXES
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.
