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, October 10 (Game #852).
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.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play more word games, of course. I also have daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle’s current page covers the original viral word game.
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 #853): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- ALLEY
- SPORT
- TACKLE
- LANE
- THOMAS
- COURT
- EQUIPMENT
- SHILLING
- GIFT
- BILL
- HAVE A POSITION
- GEAR
- PAT
- SHAPE
- PUT ON
- STUFF
NYT Connections Today (Game #853) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Necessary items
- GREEN: get dressed
- BLUE: Residential road types
- PURPLE: Names with various meanings
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 #853) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TEAM
- GREEN: WEAR IN
- BLUE: STREET SUFFIXES
- PURPLE: NICKNAMES THAT HAVE OTHER MEANINGS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #853): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #853 are…
- YELLOW: TEAM TEAM, TEAM, THINGS, WORK
- GREEN: WEAR IN GIFT, WEAR, SPORT, WEAR
- BLUE: STREET SUFFIXES ALLEY, COURT, LANE, ROAD
- PURPLE: NICKNAMES THAT HAVE OTHER MEANINGS BILL, BOB, PAT, TOM
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
There were several crossovers today that might have surprised players: DON and WAY also function as NICKNAMES THAT HAVE OTHER MEANINGS, while BOB could also be classified as a piece of EQUIPMENT.
After wasting some time thinking that there must be a band with four male names in today’s game, I got STREET SUFFIXES first. Although I have to admit that it was by accident, since I thought the connection was to bowling.
The reasons for these suffixes are often lost when streets are named today: COURT, for example, is supposed to indicate a circular dead-end street, LANE a narrow unpaved road, and WAY a road connecting one place to another.
It’s an interesting track, and if you feel a sense of deja-vu it’s because Connections have been down this road before with a nearly identical group in July 2024 (with Drive instead of Way).
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, October 10, game #852)
- YELLOW: SIGNIFICANT BIG, IMPORTANT, MAJOR, SERIOUS
- GREEN: ONE IN A SEPTET CONTINENT, DEADLY SIN, SISTER, WONDER
- BLUE: TAROT CARDS, WITH “THE” DEVIL, LOVERS, WIZARD, STAR
- PURPLE: ___ EYE EVIL, MAGIC, NAKED, THIRD
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.
