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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, November 4 (game #877).
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 #878) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- KNIGHT
- COAT
- BUTCHER
- BAKER
- FLACK
- KNIFE
- CANDLESTICK
- MAKER
- FRANKLIN
- FOREST
- BOW
- BLOW
- SPOIL
- WRENCH
- BOTCH
- ROPE
NYT Connections today (game #878) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A ruined attempt
- GREEN: Items Colonel Mustard could use
- BLUE: Female RnB legends
- PURPLE: Start with a weather word
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 #878) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MAKE A HASH OF
- GREEN: WEAPONS IN THE GAME CLUE
- BLUE: ICONIC SOUL SINGERS
- PURPLE: RAIN___
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #878) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #878, are…
- YELLOW: MAKE A HASH OF BLOW, BOTCH, BUTCHER, SPOIL
- GREEN: WEAPONS IN THE GAME CLUE CANDLESTICK, KNIFE, ROPE, WRENCH
- BLUE: ICONIC SOUL SINGERS BAKER, FLACK, FRANKLIN, KNIGHT
- PURPLE: RAIN___ BOW, COAT, FOREST, MAKER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
I think I'm scarred by those tongue twisters from a month back, so now whenever I see four words that go together in a phrase or lyric I find it very hard to resist grouping them together.
That is what I did today with BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLESTICK, and MAKER, despite having alarm bells ringing in my ears warning me not to.
Fortunately, this was my only mistake as I saw WEAPONS IN THE GAME CLUE soon afterwards – a board game I have never played, but one that I somehow know what murder weapons it contains – followed by ICONIC SOUL SINGERS.
I knew that FRANKLIN And KNIGHT belonged together, but it took me a while to get BAKER and FLACK – the latter of whom is known for killing someone softly with a song, rather than Colonel Mustard, in the library, with a wrench.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, November 4, game #877)
- YELLOW: STEER DIRECT, DRIVE, GUIDE, PILOT
- GREEN: THIN LAYER COAT, FILM, LEAF, SHEET
- BLUE: FILE EXTENSIONS DOC, MID, TIFF, ZIP
- PURPLE: _____ GUITAR AIR, ELECTRIC, RHYTHM, SLIDE
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.
