Are you looking for a different day?
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 Friday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Friday, November 28 (Game #901).
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 #902): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BUST
- SPLIT
- TREE
- TRUNK
- RELIEF
- PIGEON
- STOP
- STATUE
- COVER
- TORSO
- SUBSTITUTE
- CENTER
- MIDSECTION
- BACK
- BANK
- HIT
NYT Connections Today (Game #902) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Center of our bodies.
- GREEN: Intervening
- BLUE: As seen in public green spaces.
- PURPLE: pontoon jargon
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 #902) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ABDOMINAL AREA
- GREEN: REPLACEMENT
- BLUE: PARK STAPLES
- PURPLE: BLACKJACK TERMS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #902): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #902 are…
- YELLOW: ABDOMINAL AREA CORE, MIDDLE SECTION, TORSO, TRUNK
- GREEN: REPLACEMENT BACKUP, COVERAGE, RELIEF, SUBSTITUTE
- BLUE: PARK STAPLES BENCH, DOVE, STATUE, TREE
- PURPLE: BLACKJACK TERMS BUST, HIT, DIVIDE, STAY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
It took me a little while to understand BLACKJACK TERMS since I grew up saying “spin” instead of HIT and “hit” instead of STAND, but luckily it appears in so many movies that it didn’t make much difference.
Before my first purple I had already made a mistake.
I was on the right track with the REPLACEMENT tiles, but I had BANK instead of RELIEF – my brain was focused on sports and soccer in particular, where team players who may appear later in the game sit on the bench.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, November 28, game #901)
- YELLOW: ADJUSTMENT FAIR, JUST, ADEQUATE, CORRECT
- GREEN: ACHIEVE VICTORY OVER WIN, BETTER, TAKE, WORST
- BLUE: PARTS OF AN ELECTRIC GUITAR FRET, PEG, PICKUP, STRING
- PURPLE: PHONETIC ELEMENTS OF SPEECH INTONATION, SOUND, RHYTHM, STRESS
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.
