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 #886) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- FIRE EXTINGUISHER
- AIR PURIFIER
- MICROSOFT
- CIGARETTE
- BOX
- OVAL
- THREADS
- FIT
- POST
- COFFEE MAKER
- BEER
- SHAVING CREAM
- GETUP
- SEA
- DUDS
NYT Connections today (game #886) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Clothing
- GREEN: Bubbles in common
- BLUE: A layer for improvement
- PURPLE: Add a workplace “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 #886) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ATTIRE
- GREEN: FOAMY THINGS
- BLUE: THINGS THAT USE FILTERS
- PURPLE: _____ OFFICE
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #886) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #886, are…
- YELLOW: ATTIRE DUDS, FIT, GETUP, THREADS
- GREEN: FOAMY THINGS BEER, FIRE EXTINGUISHER, SEA, SHAVING CREAM
- BLUE: THINGS THAT USE FILTERS AIR PURIFIER, CIGARETTE, COFFEE MAKER, INSTAGRAM
- PURPLE: _____ OFFICE BOX, MICROSOFT, OVAL, POST
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
A surprisingly enjoyable game, but one that tested my patience.
This was a round that contained a couple of pairs. Social media apps INSTAGRAM and THREADS jumped out immediately, but I resisted cobbling together a group from those. More esoterically, I considered DUDS and COFFEE MAKER being linked by milk.
Thankfully, after remembering that DUDS is old English slang for clothes, I found all four tiles in ATTIRE – particularly tricky to be the easiest/yellow group – and then saw the link between CIGARETTES, INSTAGRAM, AIR PURIFIER, and COFFEE MAKER.
With eight tiles left I took a wild guess at four random words and after getting a “one away” pop-up saw that the link was the word OFFICE. Phew!
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, November 12, game #885)
- YELLOW: SPORTS GOLF, JUDO, POLO, SUMO
- GREEN: DOOFUS BOZO, DODO, DOPE, YO-YO
- BLUE: ACRONYMS BOGO, FOMO, GOAT, YOLO
- PURPLE: SPANISH WORDS COMO, LOCO, POCO, ROJO
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.