NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, November 11 (game #884)

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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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, November 10 (game #883).

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.

NYT Connections today (game #884) – hint #1 – group hints

What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: Cosmetics
GREEN: Take it all in
BLUE: Used for stability
PURPLE: Apple apps

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 #884) – the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 884 on a purple background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Connections, game #884, are…

YELLOW: MAKEUP BLUSH, FOUNDATION, HIGHLIGHTER, POWDER
GREEN: BREADTH EXTENT, RANGE, SCALE, SCOPE
BLUE: OBJECT USED FOR SUPPORT BASE, HOLDER, REST, STAND
PURPLE: ICONS ON AN IPHONE COMPASS, ENVELOPE, MUSIC NOTES, SPEECH BUBBLE

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

I look at the COMPASS, ENVELOPE, MUSIC NOTES and SPEECH BUBBLE icons dozens of times every day.

Safari, Mail, Music, and Messages) – a difficult group for anyone unfamiliar with iPhones.

The purple group aside, this was an easy round of Connections with not many crossovers between the groups. In fact, you could say it lacked BREADTH.

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.