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 Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Sunday, November 23 (Game #896).
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 #897): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- INFRARED
- AIR
- CONDITIONER
- BIN
- MICROWAVE
- stripe
- RADIOGRAPHY
- RADIO
- ULTRAVIOLET
- TOASTER
- CUP HOLDER
- WONDER
- CONTINUE
- METAL
- DETECTOR
- RICE COOKER
- CHANGER
- BLENDER
NYT Connections Today (Game #897) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Found in the same room.
- GREEN: Found inside a vehicle
- BLUE: Found at JFK
- PURPLE: muddy words
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 #897) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SMALL KITCHEN APPLIANCES
- GREEN: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CENTER CONSOLE OF A CAR
- BLUE: SEEN WHILE GOING THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY
- PURPLE: ENDING IN COLORS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #897): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #897 are…
- YELLOW: SMALL KITCHEN APPLIANCES BLENDER, MICROWAVE, RICE COOKER, TOASTER
- GREEN: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CENTER CONSOLE OF A CAR AIR CONDITIONING, CUP HOLDER, RADIO, GEARBOX
- BLUE: SEEN WHILE GOING THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY CONTAINER, HAND EQUIPMENT, METAL DETECTOR, X-RAY
- PURPLE: ENDING IN COLORS INFRARED, CALENDULA, STRIPE, UV
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
My first mistake today was thinking that RADIO, MICROWAVE, X-RAY and INFRARED were all connected because of scanning or waves.
Abandoning that, I went over and took a “one” from the group that became SMALL KITCHEN APPLIANCES, but included RADIO instead of RICE COOKER.
The errors were fixed and I navigated to the end, even seeing the words ENDING IN COLORS before I got to the last four tiles.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, November 23, game #896)
- YELLOW: AMAZING EASY, LAX, LOOSE, SLACK
- GREEN: ANIMAL HOMES burrow, den, shelter, burrow
- BLUE: OLIVER STONE FILMS JFK, NIXON, PLATOON, WALL STREET
- PURPLE: SECOND WORDS IN ABBA HITS TITLES DAME, MIA, QUEEN, TROUPER
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.
