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 #892): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BEND
- PASTOR
- PIT
- FALL
- THRUST
- LEAD
- SKINK
- SOLID
- HUSKY
- BARREL
- STRAIGHT
- COLOGNE
- GUIDE
- THICK
- MASQUERADE
- HOME
NYT Connections Today (Game #892) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: bulky construction
- GREEN: Indicate the path to follow
- BLUE: allan edgar stories
- PURPLE: most part of the body
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 #892) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ROBUST
- GREEN: DIRECTION
- BLUE: SECOND WORDS IN POE STORIES, AFTER “THE”
- PURPLE: ORGAN PLUS ONE LETTER
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #892): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #892 are…
- YELLOW: ROBUST HUSKY, SOLID, SQUAD, THICK
- GREEN: DIRECTION DIRECT, GUIDE, DRIVER, SHEPHERD
- BLUE: SECOND WORDS IN POE STORIES, AFTER “THE” BARREL, AUTUMN, MASK, PIT
- PURPLE: ORGAN PLUS ONE LETTER COLONY, HOME, LUNGE, SKINK
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I had a couple of bad ideas before I found the right ones. The first was to think that SQUAT and LUNGE should be joined by two exercises that do not exist (SKINK and SHEPHERD). Next was connecting PIT, FALL, HEARTH and SQUAT with some vague notion that they had something to do with the earth.
Luckily I came to my senses and got STEER pretty quickly. My triumph was getting the purple/hardest group after seeing the link between the heart and lungs in HEARTH and LUNGE.
With only eight tokens left, I assembled STOCKY through a process of elimination, with HUSKY being a bit risky, but making a lot more sense than the other four tokens that became SECOND WORDS IN POE STORIES, AFTER.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, November 18, Game #891)
- YELLOW: FUNNY PERSON CLOWN, JOKER, LAUGHTER, RIOT
- GREEN: TYPES OF TOMATOES CHERRY, GRAPE, PLUM, ROME
- AZUL: WINNERS OF THE OSCAR FOR THE BEST ACTRESS BAYA, MADISON, STONE, SWANK
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS OF “LOCATION” COMMON PLACE, NEEDLEPOINT, PARASITE, SUNSPOT
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.
