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 8 (game #850).
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 #851) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- LIMESTONE
- GORILLA
- PHOTO
- FIGMENT
- FANCY
- DATELINE
- PLUMBER
- SLATE
- FICTION
- PRINCESS
- FLINT
- CAPTION
- MARBLE
- LEDE
- HEDGEHOG
- INVENTION
NYT Connections today (game #851) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Something you have “flights of…”
- GREEN: Composed of one or more minerals
- BLUE: As seen in a newspaper
- PURPLE: Nintendo/Sega characters
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 #851) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FANTASY
- GREEN: KINDS OF ROCKS
- BLUE: NEWS ARTICLE FEATURES
- PURPLE: TITLE FIGURES IN CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #851) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #851, are…
- YELLOW: FANTASY FANCY, FICTION, FIGMENT, INVENTION
- GREEN: KINDS OF ROCKS FLINT, LIMESTONE, MARBLE, SLATE
- BLUE: NEWS ARTICLE FEATURES CAPTION, DATELINE, LEDE, PHOTO
- PURPLE: TITLE FIGURES IN CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES GORILLA, HEDGEHOG, PLUMBER, PRINCESS
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Another shockingly easy game, without any of the standard traps or controversies we’ve grown used to.
For anyone aware of Nintendo and Sega games of the 1990s and/or terrible movies, today’s purple group was quite an easy one. My knowledge of this sphere is limited as I exclusively played golf and soccer games, with my obsession being such that I had no time at all for anything else.
That said, my daughters got deep into Super Mario World, so much so that the phrase “it’s me Mario”, uttered by everyone's favorite PLUMBER, is still echoing around my brain, having heard it so many millions of times.
Three easy games in a row means just one thing – tomorrow will be a nightmare.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, October 8, game #850)
- YELLOW: FINEST BEST, CREAM, ELITE, SELECT
- GREEN: ROCK MUSIC SUBGENRES ALTERNATIVE, ARENA, CLASSIC, GARAGE
- BLUE: PAINT FINISHES EGGSHELL, GLOSS, MATTE, PEARL
- PURPLE: KINDS OF BEDS FLOWER, NAIL, OYSTER, RIVER
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.
