NYT Connections Today – Hints and Answers for Friday, November 29 (Game #537)
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be tricky, so read on if you need pointers.
What should you do when you’re done? Of course, play some word games. I also have daily Wordle Hints and Answers, Strands Hints and Answers and Quordle Hints and Answers articles if you need help with those too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about today’s NYT Connections is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Game #537) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- ADVENTURE
- INTAMINATION
- NATIONAL
- BOARD WALL
- HERTZ
- TWIN
- WART
- ENTERPRISE
- SILICON
- PROJECT
- TIGER
- VOLT
- GAME
- RAY
- SECOND
- ENTERPRISE
NYT Connections Today (Game #537) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Thing is done
- Vegetable: Ways of measuring
- Blue: A Giant would probably understand this
- Purple: WHERE is another
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #537) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ENTERPRISE
- GREEN: UNITS
- BLUE: MLB TEAM MEMBER
- PURPLE: FIRST WORDS OF HBO SHOWS
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #537) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, game #537, are…
- YELLOW: ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE, ENTERPRISE, PROJECT, ENTERPRISE
- GREEN: UNITS HERTZ, MOLE, SECOND, VOLT
- BLUE: MLB TEAM MEMBER NATIONAL, RAY, TIGER, GEMINI
- PURPLE: FIRST WORDS OF HBO SHOWS BOARD WALL, CURB, GAME, SILICONE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 mistakes
This was another one of those games that hung on the edge until I got really lucky with a guess and cleared it with two tries to go. It all started well, with yellow (UNDERTAKING) and green (UNITS) both proving to be very easy. The latter in particular immediately struck me thanks to the scientific character of HERTZ and VOLT, although MOLE and SECOND were not so obvious.
However, after that I got stuck. I simply couldn’t see any connection between the words. I searched in vain for even two words that could be related, but found none. I lost two guesses by playing fairly random groups and somehow ended up blue on the third; it really was a completely random guess and so incredibly lucky. The connection, it turned out, was MLB TEAM MEMBER, with NATIONAL, RAY, TIGER and TWIN, but I never would have gotten that without luck. I’ve heard of the Yankees and that’s it! If Connections ever has a group on cricket (a much better sport) I’ll be all about it…
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, November 28, game #536)
- YELLOW: APPRECIATION CREDIT, PRAISE, RECOGNITION, THANK YOU
- GREEN: FRAUD DECREASE, DECEIVER, FAKE, VULNERABLE
- BLUE: EAT Voraciously BOLT, DOWN, SCHOOL, SCARF
- PURPLE: ___ TUESDAY FAT, GIVE, SUPER, TACO
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of the New York Times’ increasingly popular word games. It challenges you to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is slightly harder, blue is often quite hard, and purple is usually very hard.
On the plus side, you technically don’t have to solve the last question because you can answer it by a process of elimination. Plus, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you some breathing room.
It’s a bit more complicated than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, beware of homophones and other word games that can obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
