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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 Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Sunday, November 2 (Game #875).
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 #876): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- SEA MONKEY
- PUZZLE
- ANIMAL BALLOON
- CLOWN NOSE
- WHOOPEE CUSHION
- MARASCHINO CHERRY
- FUNKY CHICKEN
- LEGO GAME
- FIRE ENGINE
- JUMBO SHRIMP
- STICKS TO PICK UP
- bouncy castle
- WATER WINGS
- LITE-BRITE
- STOP SIGN
- DARK HORSE
NYT Connections Today (Game #876) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: All the same color
- GREEN: All inflatable
- BLUE: Multiple pieces and bits
- PURPLE: Beasts worthy of description.
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 #876) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE RED
- GREEN: THINGS FULL OF AIR
- BLUE: THINGS WITH MANY PIECES
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH ANIMALS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #876): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #876 are…
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE RED CLOWN NOSE, FIREFIGHTER, MARASCHINE CHERRY, STOP SIGN
- GREEN: THINGS FULL OF AIR ANIMAL BALLOON, INFLATABLE CASTLE, WATER WINGS, WHOOPEE CUSHION
- BLUE: THINGS WITH MANY PIECES PUZZLE, LEGO SET, LITE-BRITE, STICKS TO COLLECT
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH ANIMALS DARK HORSE, FUNKY CHICKEN, JUMBO SHRIMP, SEA MONKEY
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
After the initial brain meltdown at seeing 16 two-word tiles, I began to spot some common links.
My thought after completing each group was: is connection really that basic? None more so than the purple/hardest group FINISHING ANIMALS, which earned me a “first purple” badge for getting the purple group first 15 times. This gamification is a recent addition to Connections and I hadn’t really noticed it before.
Initially I thought SEA MONKEY and WHOOPEE CUSHION were “things advertised on the back of Angry magazine”.
Sea Monkeys, which used to be available by mail order but now appear in some toy stores, are quite a marketing scam, with potential buyers believing they are buying wonderful anthropomorphic creatures that will come to life when added to an aquatic tank and provide hours of fun. The reality is that they are buying brine shrimp. A life lesson to never trust hype.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, November 2, Game #875)
- YELLOW: GOODS TO TRANSPORT LOADING, FREIGHT, TRANSPORTATION, CARGO
- GREEN: LIGHT BROWN TONES CAMEL, FAWN, KHAKI, TAN
- BLUE: SHOWS SIGNS OF PHYSICAL EFFORT CRAMP, PANTS, REDNESS, SWEAT
- PURPLE: BEGINNINGS OF ZODIAC SIGNS WATER, CAPRI, GEM, SAG
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.
