A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, November 23 (game #896).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today 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 #897) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- INFRARED
- AIR
- CONDITIONER
- BIN
- MICROWAVE
- STINGRAY
- X-RAY
- RADIO
- ULTRAVIOLET
- TOASTER
- CUP HOLDER
- MARIGOLD
- CARRY-ON
- METAL
- DETECTOR
- RICE COOKER
- SHIFTER
- BLENDER
NYT Connections today (game #897) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Found in the same room
- GREEN: Found inside a vehicle
- BLUE: Found at JFK
- PURPLE: Shady words
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #897) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SMALL KITCHEN APPLIANCES
- GREEN: FEATURES OF A CAR’S CENTER CONSOLE
- BLUE: SEEN WHILE GOING THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY
- PURPLE: ENDING IN COLORS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #897) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #897, are…
- YELLOW: SMALL KITCHEN APPLIANCES BLENDER, MICROWAVE, RICE COOKER, TOASTER
- GREEN: FEATURES OF A CAR’S CENTER CONSOLE AIR CONDITIONER, CUP HOLDER, RADIO, SHIFTER
- BLUE: SEEN WHILE GOING THROUGH AIRPORT SECURITY BIN, CARRY-ON, METAL DETECTOR, X-RAY
- PURPLE: ENDING IN COLORS INFRARED, MARIGOLD, STINGRAY, ULTRAVIOLET
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
My first mistake today came in thinking that RADIO, MICROWAVE, X-RAY and INFRARED were all connected because of scanning or waves.
Abandoning that, I came close and got a “one away” from the group that became SMALL KITCHEN APPLIANCES, but I included RADIO instead of RICE COOKER.
Errors corrected, I sailed through to the end, even spotting the words ENDING IN COLORS before I was down to the final four tiles.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, November 23, game #896)
- YELLOW: LENIENT EASY, LAX, LOOSE, SLACK
- GREEN: ANIMAL HOMES BURROW, DEN, LODGE, WARREN
- BLUE: OLIVER STONE MOVIES JFK, NIXON, PLATOON, WALL STREET
- PURPLE: SECOND WORDS IN TITLES OF ABBA HITS GIMME, MIA, QUEEN, TROUPER
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made 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 a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
