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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 Monday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Monday, November 17 (Game #890).
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 #891): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- STONE
- PARASITE
- GRAPE
- JOKER
- ROME
- BERRY
- RIOT
- NEEDLEPOINT
- VULGAR
- CLOWN
- SHOW OFF
- PLUM
- MADISON
- SUNSPOT
- CHERRY
- LAUGH
NYT Connections Today (Game #891) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: always laughing
- GREEN: Types of red fruits
- BLUE: Academy Award Women
- PURPLE: The end of these words is well positioned.
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 #891) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FUNNY PERSON
- GREEN: TYPES OF TOMATOES
- AZUL: WINNERS OF THE OSCAR FOR THE BEST ACTRESS
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS OF “LOCATION”
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #891): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #891 are…
- YELLOW: FUNNY PERSON CLOWN, JOKER, LAUGHTER, RIOT
- GREEN: TYPES OF TOMATOES CHERRY, GRAPE, PLUM, ROME
- AZUL: WINNERS OF THE OSCAR FOR THE BEST ACTRESS BAYA, MADISON, STONE, SWANK
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS OF “LOCATION” COMMON PLACE, NEEDLEPOINT, PARASITE, SUNSPOT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
After getting the BEST ACTRESS WINNERS pretty easily, I thought there was another movie-themed group that connected ROMA, JOKER, and PARASITE, although I couldn’t really see the link between them or find a fourth movie (I went with CHERRY, which turned out to be a movie, though not as notable as the others).
At this dead end, I remembered a past Connection that featured a FUNNY PERSON; It turns out it was from January and, although it only has JOKER in common, the memory was enough to push me to get the yellow group.
With eight tiles left, I completely missed the locations at the end of four of the words, but luckily I saw TYPES OF TOMATOES, including the proper home for CHERRY.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, November 17, game #890)
- 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
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.
