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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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, October 27 (game #869).
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 #870) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PELVIS
- CHESTNUT
- HOME
- HIP
- SELECT
- GUSHER
- TROPE
- BACK
- KENYA
- WISE
- MENU
- CLICHÉ
- AWARE
- OCHER
- PLATITUDE
- SAVVY
NYT Connections today (game #870) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Dull views
- GREEN: The inside track
- BLUE: A device that’s not just for changing channels
- PURPLE: Vocalists with a bit extra
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 #870) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BANALITY
- GREEN: IN THE KNOW
- BLUE: REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS
- PURPLE: ONE-NAMED SINGER PLUS STARTING LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #870) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #870, are…
- YELLOW: BANALITY CHESTNUT, CLICHÉ, PLATITUDE, TROPE
- GREEN: IN THE KNOW AWARE, HIP, SAVVY, WISE
- BLUE: REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS BACK, HOME, MENU, SELECT
- PURPLE: ONE-NAMED SINGER PLUS STARTING LETTER GUSHER, KENYA, OCHER, PELVIS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
I am sure I was not the only player tempted by the idea of forming a connection between HIP, BACK, and PELVIS today. The only thing that stopped me from putting them in a group was the lack of a fourth body part.
My mistake came in what would later become BANALITY – I had GUSHER (as in someone who gushes banally about a celebrity or a paid-for sponsored product) instead of CHESTNUT, which I forgot was slang for a stale joke or point of view.
I was delighted to get the purple/hardest group before the end. The giveaway was PELVIS, but the group also featured someone I’ve interviewed in my past life as a music journalist in what was quite possibly the most awkward 30 minutes of my life after I upset them with a cheeky question about an alleged affair and they spent the rest of the interview answering either “yes”, “no” or “I don’t care”.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, October 27, game #869)
- GREEN: IN THE SLIGHTEST JUST, MERELY, ONLY, SIMPLY
- BLUE: COCKTAIL GARNISHES CHERRY, MINT, OLIVE, TWIST
- PURPLE: ___FOUR CONNECT, FAB, FANTASTIC, PETIT
- YELLOW: EMANATE BRANCH, FAN, RADIATE, SPREAD
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.
