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Every day at midnight, a recent 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 Monday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Monday, October 13 (Game #855).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, a clever NYT word game that challenges you to group your answers into different categories. This can be arduous, 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 #856) – today’s words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- STEM
- EASEL
- ABSORB
- DIGEST
- ANTHER
- REVIEW
- CHECK
- LISTEN CAREFULLY
- SHORT
- TO HOLD
- STAUNCH
- LAMA
- GET ENGAGED
- CURB
- OUTLINE
- HARE
NYT Connections Today (Game #856) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some tips for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Engage deeply
- GREEN: Edited review
- BLUE: Stop
- PURPLE: Beasts with a missing piece
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 #856) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the responses to today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Captivating
- GREEN: SUMMARY
- BLUE: STOP
- PURPLE: ANIMALS MINUS START LETTER
Sure, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #856) – answers
The answers for today’s Connections game, game #856, are…
- YELLOW: Captivating ABSORB, ENGAGE, HOLD, OCCUPY
- GREEN: SUMMARY BRIEF, SUMMARY, CONSTRUCTION, OVERVIEW
- BLUE: STOP CONTROL, CURB, STAND, THREE
- PURPLE: ANIMALS MINUS START LETTER Anther, Easel, Hark, LAMA
- My rating: Hard
- My result: 3 errors
When you make two mistakes, it’s a good idea to stop and refocus. But after doing it today, I ended up getting a third “1”.
There were so many crossover words that could have gone into several groups that I think I can forgive myself for lumping HOLD with CURB, STAUNCH, and STEM, and ABSORB with DIGEST, REVIEW, and ENGAGE.
In fact, the easiest group – if your brain is wired to see such things – was ANIMALS MINUS STARTING LETTER. Congratulations if you noticed this before going through the remaining tiles.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Monday, October 13, Game #855)
- YELLOW: METAPHORS FOR POTENTIALLY VARIABLE SITUATIONS A can of worms, a hornet’s nest, a minefield, Pandora’s box
- GREEN: BAR EVENTS HAPPY HOUR, KARAOKE, LIVE MUSIC, TRIVIA NIGHT
- BLUE: WORDS AFTER THE WELCOME DEPARTURE FINALLY A GOOD TIME, SAYONARA
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “FRAUD” AMERICAN HUSTLE, COMIC CON, GOLDEN FLEECE, LUCKY STIFF
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 uncomplicated, yellow is slightly more arduous, blue is often quite arduous, and purple is usually very arduous.
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 Enjoy the gaming site on your desktop computer or mobile phone.
