Subj : NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, November 9 (game #8
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Date : Sat Nov 08 2025 15:45:10

NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, November 9 (game #882)

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Sat, 08 Nov 2025 15:30:00 +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 
Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers 
for Saturday, November 8 (game #881) . 

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

Today's NYT Connections words are NOODLE MIRROR CRONUT MUSE COMPACT CRANIUM 
REFLECT TWEEZERS PUFNSTUF DENSE BRUSH TIGHT DELIBERATE LUNAR THICK NAIL FILE 
NYT Connections today (game #882) - hint #1 - group hints 

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Keep yourself 
tidy GREEN: Jammed in BLUE: Think about it PURPLE: Words that sound avarian 

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 #882) - hint #2 - group answers 

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: PERSONAL 
GROOMING ITEMS GREEN: PACKED BLUE: PONDER PURPLE: STARTING WITH BIRD 
HOMOPHONES 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #882) - the answers (Image credit: 
New York Times) 

The answers to today's Connections, game #882, are YELLOW: PERSONAL GROOMING 
ITEMS BRUSH, MIRROR, NAIL FILE, TWEEZERS GREEN: PACKED COMPACT, DENSE, THICK, 
TIGHT BLUE: PONDER DELIBERATE, MUSE, NOODLE, REFLECT PURPLE: STARTING WITH 
BIRD HOMOPHONES CRANIUM, CRONUT, LUNAR, PUFNSTUF My rating: Easy My score: 1 
mistake 

If we put aside the purple group  I had to Google 'loon' after the game to 
make sure  then this was a pretty straightforward round. 

Having said that, I still managed to find a way to make a mistake and 
included COMPACT instead of MIRROR among my PERSONAL GROOMING ITEMS. I doubt 
I was alone in doing this, but I felt irked afterwards that i hadnt achieved 
a clean run. 

Its also a surprise to me that I didnt get PONDER a little more quickly 
considering the large percentage of my life that I spend in that particular 
state attempting to solve this very game. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers 
(Saturday, November 8, game #881) YELLOW: BLOCK, AS AN OPENING CLOSE, PLUG, 
SEAL, STOP GREEN: PUT FORWARD, AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT DELIVER, GIVE, PRESENT, 
PRONOUNCE BLUE: KINDS OF LANGUAGE BODY, PROGRAMMING, SIGN, SPOKEN PURPLE: 
WORDS AFTER "|" BEAM, CHING, ROBOT, SPY 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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