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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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, October 31 (game #873).
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.
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 #874) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
(See pictures above!)
- RAVEN
- PINKY
- CHIP
- JET
- INKY
- ROCKY
- FILE
- CLYDE
- HARDY
- SUE
- TELLER
- CHARGE
- INDICT
- ITCHY
- PITCH
- CHER
NYT Connections today (game #874) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Legal steps
- GREEN: The darkest color
- BLUE: One half of a human double act
- PURPLE: One half of an animation double act
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 #874) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TAKE TO COURT
- GREEN: BLACK
- BLUE: SECOND IN A FAMOUS REAL-LIFE DUO
- PURPLE: RODENTS WHO ARE FIRST IN A CARTOON DUO
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #874) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #874, are…
- YELLOW: TAKE TO COURT CHARGE, FILE, INDICT, SUE
- GREEN: BLACK INKY, JET, PITCH, RAVEN
- BLUE: SECOND IN A FAMOUS REAL-LIFE DUO CHER, CLYDE, HARDY, TELLER
- PURPLE: RODENTS WHO ARE FIRST IN A CARTOON DUO CHIP, ITCHY, PINKY, ROCKY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
I was very slow on the uptake today and it took me until the final eight tiles to realize that there were two DUO groups.
Before my delayed revelation I’d made several mistakes, mixing up RODENTS WHO ARE FIRST IN A CARTOON DUO and SECOND IN A FAMOUS REAL-LIFE DUO, but the mists cleared after I got the easier yellow and green groups.
This game was riddled with traps: INKY and PINKY are both Pac-Man characters (CLYDE is another), RAVEN could be one half of Euro DJ duo Raven & Kreyn, and although likely obscure to American audiences Mel and SUE are two of the UK’s most-loved TV presenting duos.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, October 31, game #873)
- YELLOW: GOLDILOCKS BEAR, BED, CHAIR, PORRIDGE
- GREEN: CINDERELLA MOUSE, PUMPKIN, SLIPPER, WAND
- BLUE: POPEYE ANCHOR, CAP, PIPE, SPINACH
- PURPLE: MS. PAC-MAN BOW, CHERRIES, GHOST, PELLETS
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.
