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 & Answers for Monday, October 20 (Game #862).
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 #863): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- DOLLARS
- DOES
- BULLFIGHTING
- DRONES
- QUEENS
- HORNETS
- DIRECTIONS
- TVS
- GARAGE DOORS
- HANDLES
- KINGS
- CATS
- SPURS
- aces
- TICKETS
- WIIS
NYT Connections Today (Game #863) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Leaders of the pack
- GREEN: Get involved
- BLUE: basketball sides
- PURPLE: Use the zapper
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 #863) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PLAYING CARDS
- GREEN: ASSUME
- BLUE: NBA TEAMS
- PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN CONTROL WITH REMOTE CONTROLS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #863): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #863 are…
- YELLOW: PLAYING CARDS ACE, JACKS, KINGS, QUEENS
- GREEN: ASSUME DIRECTIONS, DOES, MANAGES, JOBS
- BLUE: NBA TEAMS BUCKS, BULLS, HORNETS, SPURS
- PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN CONTROL WITH REMOTE CONTROLS DRONES, GARAGE DOORS, TVS, WIIS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
I did a pig’s ear with my first group, making multiple mistakes despite having a good idea of what we were looking for.
I was sure the BULLS and SPURS were basketball teams, but I was convinced the KINGS were too. I wasn’t wrong, but they didn’t make the cut. I also added ACES, who are a WNBA team instead of an NBA team.
I finally got there, but it cost me three mistakes when there were much easier groups I could have focused on: PLAYING CARD, for example, would have saved me a lot of time by eliminating ACES and KINGS.
It’s all designed to trick us, I know, and I’m sure we should all be careful with these exploits, but sometimes I can’t help but fall into these traps.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, October 20, Game #862)
- YELLOW: AFFLICTION BUGBEAR, COMPLEX, DEMON, HANG
- GREEN: REPRESENTED BY THE CONSTELLATIONS BIG BEAR, CENTAURUS, HUNTER, LYRA
- BLUE: SYMBOLS OF THE PERIODIC TABLE AS, BE, I, K
- PURPLE: ____CORN A, CAPRI, POP, UNI
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.
