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 Monday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Monday, October 13 (Game #855).
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 (Set #856): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- STEM
- EASEL
- ABSORB
- DIGEST
- ANTHER
- REVIEW
- CHECK
- LISTEN CAREFULLY
- BRIEF
- HOLD
- FIRM
- LAMA
- ENGAGE
- CURB
- DESCRIBE
- OCCUPY
NYT Connections Today (Game #856) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: deeply involve
- GREEN: An edited evaluation
- BLUE: arrest
- PURPLE: Beasts missing an element
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 #856) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CAPTIVATE
- GREEN: SUMMARY
- BLUE: STOP
- PURPLE: ANIMALS LESS INITIAL LETTER
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #856): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #856 are…
- YELLOW: CAPTIVATE ABSORB, PARTICIPATE, MAINTAIN, OCCUPY
- GREEN: SUMMARY BRIEF, SUMMARY, OUTLINE, REVIEW
- BLUE: STOP CHECK, BRAKE, FIX, STEM
- PURPLE: ANIMALS LESS INITIAL LETTER ANTE, EASEL, HARK, LAMA
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
When you make two mistakes, it’s a good idea to pause and refocus. But after doing that today I ended up getting a third “one away.”
There were so many crosswords that could be found in various groups that I think I can be forgiven for grouping HOLD with CURB, STAUNCH and STEM and ABSORB with DIGEST, REVIEW and ENGAGE.
In fact, the easiest group (if your brain is programmed to see that kind of thing) was ANIMALS LESS THE INITIAL LETTER. Congratulations if you saw that before making your way through the remaining tiles.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, October 13, game #855)
- YELLOW: METAPHORS FOR POTENTIALLY VOLATILE SITUATIONS CAN OF WORMS, WASP, MINING FIELD, PANDORA’S BOX
- GREEN: BAR EVENTS HAPPY HOUR, KARAOKE, LIVE MUSIC, TRIVIA NIGHT
- BLUE: WORDS AFTER A WELCOME DEPARTURE NOW, FINALLY, GOOD JOURNEY, SAYONARA
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS OF “ESTFA” AMERICAN HUSTLE, COMIC CON, GOLDEN FLEECE, LUCKY STIFF
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 items 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.
