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Every day at midnight, a modern NYT Connections puzzle appears in your time zone – which means some people are always playing “today’s game” and others are always playing “yesterday’s game.” If you’re looking for a Friday night puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Friday, October 17 (Game #859).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, a clever NYT word game that challenges you to group your answers into different categories. This can be tough, so read on if you need some guidance with Connections.
What should you do once you’re done? Of course, play more word games. I also have daily Strands tips and answers and Quordle tips and answers articles if you need facilitate with that, and today’s Marc on Wordle page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s NYT Connections story is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #860) – today’s words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- HAND
- PASTERN
- PEDAL
- SKATE
- BACON
- CELL
- MARINADE
- CAGE
- DODGE
- COAST
- FERRY
- BREEZE
- CRUISE
- ROCKET
- PLATFORM
- TRAY
NYT Connections Today (Game #860) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some tips for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Slip
- GREEN: Add a word that rhymes with “hall”
- BLUE: Outstanding Hollywood icons
- PURPLE: They sound like words used in retail
Need more tips?
We’re now in spoiler territory, but read on if you want to know the four topical answers to today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
Today NYT Connections (Game #860) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the responses to today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MOVING
- GREEN: WORDS BEFORE THE “BALL” IN SPORT
- BLUE: PROlific ACTORS
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES SYNONYMS FOR “VEND”
Sure, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #860) – answers
The answers for today’s Connections game, #860, are…
- YELLOW: MOVING BREEZE, COAST, SWIM, RIDE
- GREEN: WORDS BEFORE THE “BALL” IN SPORT DODGE, HAND, PICKLES, ROCKET
- BLUE: PROlific ACTORS BANK, CHEST, CRUISE, FORD
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES SYNONYMS FOR “VEND” CELL, STACK, PEDAL, TRAY
- My rating: Hard
- My result: Perfect
Each of these groups was a cheerful solution for me, starting with PROLIFIC ACTORS.
At first I thought BACON might have something to do with food or pork products, but combined with CRUISE I guessed the connection was acting.
Incidentally, I’m sure there will be those who will agree that while other stars are prolific, Tom CRUISE made far fewer films than he might have – most years we only get one chance to see him escape an explosion – so is he really one of this quartet?
Slip I got it, really because I just thought the words looked good together and WORDS BEFORE “BALL” IN SPORTS because I thought the combination was tricky. The thing is, whether you know it or you counterfeit it, the result is still the same.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, October 17, Game #859)
- YELLOW: USED DURING PRESENTATIONS CLICKER, LASER POINTER, PROJECTOR, SLIDES
- GREEN: ITEMS IN THE GIFT SHOP FIGURE, KEY RING, MAGNET, POSTCARD
- BLUE: FOLCTAL CHARACTERS CHICKEN LITTLE, JACK, CALINICA, TOM THUMB
- PURPLE: WEATHER CONDITIONS BEAUFORT SCALE, DEW POINT, HEAT INDEX, WIND COOL
What are NYT calls?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. The task is to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is straightforward, yellow is slightly more tough, blue is often quite tough, and purple is usually very tough.
The advantage is that you technically don’t have to solve the last one because you will be able to answer it by process of elimination. What’s more, you can make as many as four mistakes, which gives you some slack.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to throw you into tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that can concealed answers.
You can play it for free via NYT Gaming Site on your desktop computer or mobile phone.
