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 Tuesday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Tuesday, November 4 (Game #877).
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 #878): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- GENTLEMAN
- COAT
- BUTCHER
- BAKER
- FLACK
- KNIFE
- CANDLESTICK
- MANUFACTURER
- FRANKLIN
- FOREST
- BOW
- BLOW
- SPOIL
- WRENCH
- BOTCH
- ROPE
NYT Connections Today (Game #878) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A ruined attempt
- GREEN: Items that Colonel Mustard could use
- BLUE: Female legends of RnB
- PURPLE: Start with a weather word
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 #878) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MAKE A HASH OF
- GREEN: WEAPONS ON THE GAME COURT
- BLUE: ICONIC SINGERS OF THE SOUL
- PURPLE: RAIN___
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #878): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #878 are…
- YELLOW: MAKE A HASH OF BEAT, BOTCH, BUTCHER, ECONOMY
- GREEN: WEAPONS ON THE GAME COURT CANDELABRA, KNIFE, ROPE, KEY
- BLUE: ICONIC SINGERS OF THE SOUL BAKER, FLACK, FRANKLIN, KNIGHT
- PURPLE: RAIN___ BOW, SHELTER, FOREST, MANUFACTURER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I think I’m scarred by those tongue twisters from a month ago, so now, every time I see four words that go together in a phrase or lyric, I find it very difficult to resist grouping them together.
That’s what I did today with BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLEMAN and MANUFACTURER, despite having alarm bells ringing in my ears warning me not to.
Fortunately, this was my only mistake, as soon after I saw GUNS ON THE GAME TRACK (a board game I’ve never played, but somehow know what murder weapons are in it), followed by ICONIC SOUL SINGERS.
I knew FRANKLIN and KNIGHT were together, but it took me a while to get BAKER and FLACK, the latter of whom is known for killing someone softly with a song, instead of Colonel Mustard, in the library, with a wrench.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, November 4, Game #877)
- YELLOW: DIRECTION DIRECT, DRIVER, GUIDE, PILOT
- GREEN: THIN LAYER LAYER, FILM, SHEET, SHEET
- BLUE: FILE EXTENSIONS DOC, MEDIUM, TIFF, ZIP
- PURPLE: _____ GUITAR AIR, ELECTRIC, RHYTHM, SLIDE
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.
