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, October 15 (game #857).
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 #858) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- TART
- PIKE
- SOUR
- BREAD
- SPLIT
- CRUMBLE
- BOAT
- SKATE
- SLUG
- CROSS
- CRISP
- CHAR
- SORE
- FLUKE
- PRICKLY
- COBBLER
NYT Connections today (game #858) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Types of pudding
- GREEN: Touchy behavior
- BLUE: Types of animal seen in water
- PURPLE: Begin with a curved fruit
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 #858) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FRUIT DESSERTS
- GREEN: CRABBY
- BLUE: FISH
- PURPLE: BANANA ____
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #858) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #858, are…
- YELLOW: FRUIT DESSERTS COBBLER, CRISP, CRUMBLE, TART
- GREEN: CRABBY CROSS, PRICKLY, SORE, SOUR
- BLUE: FISH CHAR, FLUKE, PIKE, SKATE
- PURPLE: BANANA ____ BOAT, BREAD, SLUG, SPLIT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
Rather than concentrate on nailing one group, I made two mistakes, getting “one out” in both before I started getting things correct.
I was on the right track with FRUIT DESSERTS, but thought that SPLIT belonged in the foursome instead of CRISP. Then, believing I was collating a group that described a rude and sensitive person, I had TART instead of SORE in the group that became CRABBY.
Rather than get crabby myself, I ploughed onward towards glory and even managed to see the purple/hardest group before the end – I guess my knowledge of slugs is better than my knowledge of FISH.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, October 15, game #857)
- YELLOW: TYPES OF POOLS INFINITY, KIDDIE, KIDNEY, OLYMPIC
- GREEN: IN THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET BRAVO, DELTA, GOLF, LIMA
- BLUE: FORD MODELS BRONCO, FIESTA, MUSTANG, PINTO
- PURPLE: ___ SEAL ELEPHANT, GREAT, NAVY, VACUUM
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.
