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 #903): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- COCKTAIL
- LEMON
- HOOK
- SWALLOW
- SPARROW
- UNREAD
- TURKEY
- STOP
- MISS
- BEAR
- CAMEROON
- SILVER
- COMPLAINT
- STOMACH
- BUST
- LUFFY
NYT Connections Today (Game #903) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Bear
- GREEN: regrettable failure
- BLUE: Skull and crossbones characters.
- PURPLE: It sounds colorful
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 #903) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TOLERATE
- GREEN: FAILURE
- BLUE: FICTION PIRATES
- PURPLE: TERMINATION IN HOMOPHONE COLORS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #903): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #903 are…
- YELLOW: TOLERATE BEAR, STOP, STOMACH, SWALLOW
- GREEN: FAILURE BUST, LEMON, MISS, Türkiye
- BLUE: FICTION PIRATES HOOK, LUFFY, SILVER, SPARROW
- PURPLE: TERMINATION IN HOMOPHONE COLORS CAMEROON, CACATIEL, UNREAD, COMPLAINT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I’ve been pretty good at getting purple groups lately, but I was completely blind to today’s quartet – the strange past tense WHISTLEBLEW should have alerted me. Congratulations if you saw it.
My first mistake today was the obvious one of thinking we had a collection of birds in COCKTAIL, TURKEY, SPARROW and SWALLOW. Sometimes the obvious is right, sometimes it is very wrong.
Then, somehow, I came across PIRATES OF FICTION, although my first attempt included CAMEROON instead of HOOK (I thought they might be different breeds of animals instead of guys walking around with parrots on their shoulders).
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, November 29, game #902)
- 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
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.
