Subj : NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, November 5 (game
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Date : Tue Nov 04 2025 15:15:08

NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, November 5 (game #878)

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Tue, 04 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 
Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers 
for Tuesday, November 4 (game #877) . 

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

Today's NYT Connections words are KNIGHT COAT BUTCHER BAKER FLACK KNIFE 
CANDLESTICK MAKER FRANKLIN FOREST BOW BLOW SPOIL WRENCH BOTCH ROPE NYT 
Connections today (game #878) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: A ruined 
attempt GREEN: Items Colonel Mustard could use BLUE: Female RnB legends 
PURPLE: Start with a weather 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 #878) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: MAKE A HASH 
OF GREEN: WEAPONS IN THE GAME CLUE BLUE: ICONIC SOUL SINGERS PURPLE: RAIN___ 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #878) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #878, are YELLOW: MAKE A HASH OF 
BLOW, BOTCH, BUTCHER, SPOIL GREEN: WEAPONS IN THE GAME CLUE CANDLESTICK, 
KNIFE, ROPE, WRENCH BLUE: ICONIC SOUL SINGERS BAKER, FLACK, FRANKLIN, KNIGHT 
PURPLE: RAIN___ BOW, COAT, FOREST, MAKER My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake 

I think I'm scarred by those tongue twisters from a month back, so now 
whenever I see four words that go together in a phrase or lyric I find it 
very hard to resist grouping them together. 

That is what I did today with BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLESTICK, and MAKER, despite 
having alarm bells ringing in my ears warning me not to. 

Fortunately, this was my only mistake as I saw WEAPONS IN THE GAME CLUE soon 
afterwards  a board game I have never played, but one that I somehow know 
what murder weapons it contains  followed by ICONIC SOUL SINGERS. 

I knew that FRANKLIN And KNIGHT belonged together, but it took me a while to 
get BAKER and FLACK  the latter of whom is known for killing someone softly 
with a song, rather than Colonel Mustard, in the library, with a wrench. 
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, November 4, game #877) YELLOW: 
STEER DIRECT, DRIVE, GUIDE, PILOT GREEN: THIN LAYER COAT, FILM, LEAF, SHEET 
BLUE: FILE EXTENSIONS DOC, MID, TIFF, ZIP PURPLE: _____ GUITAR AIR, ELECTRIC, 
RHYTHM, SLIDE 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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