Subj : NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, November 3 (game #8
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Date : Sun Nov 02 2025 15:15:09

NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, November 3 (game #876)

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Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to 
solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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for a different day? 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 
Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers 
for Sunday, November 2 (game #875) . 

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 
#876) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) 

Today's NYT Connections words are SEA MONKEY JIGSAW PUZZLE BALLOON ANIMAL 
CLOWN NOSE WHOOPEE CUSHION MARASCHINO CHERRY FUNKY CHICKEN LEGO SET FIRE 
ENGINE JUMBO SHRIMP PICK-UP STICKS BOUNCY CASTLE WATER WINGS LITE-BRITE STOP 
SIGN DARK HORSE NYT Connections today (game #876) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: All the same 
color GREEN: All inflatable BLUE: Multiple parts and bits PURPLE: Beasts 
worthy of description 

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 #876) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: THINGS THAT 
ARE RED GREEN: THINGS FILLED WITH AIR BLUE: THINGS WITH A LOT OF PIECES 
PURPLE: ENDING WITH ANIMALS 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #876) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #876, are YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE 
RED CLOWN NOSE, FIRE ENGINE, MARASCHINO CHERRY, STOP SIGN GREEN: THINGS 
FILLED WITH AIR BALLOON ANIMAL, BOUNCY CASTLE, WATER WINGS, WHOOPEE CUSHION 
BLUE: THINGS WITH A LOT OF PIECES JIGSAW PUZZLE, LEGO SET, LITE-BRITE, 
PICK-UP STICKS PURPLE: ENDING WITH ANIMALS DARK HORSE, FUNKY CHICKEN, JUMBO 
SHRIMP, SEA MONKEY My rating: Easy My score: Perfect 

After the initial brain melt of seeing 16 two-word tiles I began to spot some 
common links. 

My thought after completingevery group was  is the connection really that 
basic? None more so than the purple/hardest group ENDING WITH ANIMALS, which 
earned me a purple first badge for getting the purple group first 15 times. 
This gamification is a recent addition to Connections and I havent really 
noticed it before. 

I had initially thought that SEA MONKEY and WHOOPEE CUSHION were things 
advertised in the back of Mad magazine. 

Sea Monkeys, which used to be available via mail order but now appear in some 
toy stores, are quite the marketing scam, with potential buyers believing 
they are purchasing some wondrous anthropomorphic creatures that will spring 
to life when added to an aquatic tank and give them hours of amusement. The 
reality is they are purchasing brine shrimp. A life lesson to never trust the 
hype. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, November 2, game #875) 
YELLOW: GOODS TO BE TRANSPORTED CARGO, FREIGHT, HAUL, LOAD GREEN: LIGHT BROWN 
SHADES CAMEL, FAWN, KHAKI, TAN BLUE: SHOW SIGNS OF PHYSICAL EXERTION CRAMP, 
PANT, REDDEN, SWEAT PURPLE: STARTS OF ZODIAC SIGNS AQUA, CAPRI, GEM, SAG 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.



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