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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, November 26 (game #899).
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 #900) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- MUSIC
- FILES
- GRANDS
- TIDAL WAVE
- ROUTERS
- HURDLE
- AVALANCHE
- DOWNLOADS
- TORRENT
- DESKTOP
- DRILLS
- CONFECTIONS
- SWELLING SEA
- OUTPOURING
- SAWS
- DOCUMENTS
NYT Connections today (game #900) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Everything all at one
- GREEN: As seen on a PC
- BLUE: Carpentry implements
- PURPLE: Sounds like something we play daily
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 #900) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INUNDATION
- GREEN: MAIN FOLDERS IN A COMPUTER
- BLUE: WOODWORKING TOOLS
- PURPLE: RHYMES FOR NEW YORK TIMES GAMES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #900) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #900, are…
- YELLOW: INUNDATION AVALANCHE, OUTPOURING, TIDAL WAVE, TORRENT
- GREEN: MAIN FOLDERS IN A COMPUTER DESKTOP, DOCUMENTS, DOWNLOADS, MUSIC
- BLUE: WOODWORKING TOOLS DRILLS, FILES, ROUTERS, SAWS
- PURPLE: RHYMES FOR NEW YORK TIMES GAMES CONFECTIONS, GRANDS, HURDLE, SWELLING SEA
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
It took me several attempts before getting INUNDATION – first I thought it was something to do with currents and water so I played SWELLING SEA instead of OUTPOURING, then I swapped that for GRANDS guessing it might be a term for, erm, rapid water?
After getting the yellow group I made a hash of the green category, with FILES in place of DESKTOP.
Thankfully, WOODWORKING TOOLS was easy from here as despite playing them all every day I would never have seen RHYMES FOR NEW YORK TIMES GAMES – kudos if you did.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, November 26, game #899)
- YELLOW: VERBS EXPRESSING POSSIBILITY CAN, COULD, MAY, MIGHT
- GREEN: WOMEN'S NICKNAMES DEB, JAN, KAT, SUE
- BLUE: FINANCIAL ABBREVIATIONS APR, CFO, IRA, SEC
- PURPLE: BACKWARDS ANIMALS FLOW, GOD, MAR, TAB
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.
