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 #899): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- JAN
- SECOND
- GONNA
- SEA
- APR
- Kate
- GOD
- CAN
- FLOW
- DEBUTANTE
- CAN
- EYELASH
- COULD
- CFO
- SUE
- COULD
NYT Connections Today (Game #899) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: It’s happening…maybe
- GREEN: female names
- BLUE: short money
- PURPLE: Beasts read poorly
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 #899) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: VERBS THAT EXPRESS POSSIBILITY
- GREEN: NAMES FOR WOMEN
- BLUE: FINANCIAL ABBREVIATIONS
- PURPLE: ANIMALS IN THE BACK
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #899): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #899 are…
- YELLOW: VERBS THAT EXPRESS POSSIBILITY CAN, COULD, COULD, COULD
- GREEN: NAMES FOR WOMEN DEB, JAN, KAT, SUE
- BLUE: FINANCIAL ABBREVIATIONS APR, CFO, IRA, SEC
- PURPLE: ANIMALS IN THE BACK FLOW, GOD, SEA, TAB
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
These types of games, where all the tiles are similar, baffle me, which possibly explains the strange order in which I got today’s categories. It’s always strange when the yellow/easiest category is the last one you get.
Before that, however, I made the most obvious mistake one can make today by selecting the four words that were also abbreviations for months.
CFO and APR were the key to unlocking FINANCIAL ABBREVIATIONS, but I won’t pretend to know what the other two tiles mean. While the ANIMALS IN THE BACK again seemed too obvious to be a purple group, GOD was the mosaic that made me see the others here. Dog bless you all.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Tuesday, November 25, Game #898)
- YELLOW: SMALL TIME MICKEY MOUSE, RINKY-DINK, TRIVIAL, TWO BITS
- GREEN: THINGS THAT ARE PINK BARBIE DREAMHOUSE, CALAMINE LOTION, CHERRY BLOSSOM, FLAMINGO
- BLUE: THINGS YOU CAN SCRATCH BIG BITE, LOTTERY TICKET, VINYL RECORD, YOUR HEAD
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH OPTIMISTIC WORDS HAPPY HAND, HAPPY FOOD, CARROLL-OFF, SUNNY SIDE UP
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.
