NYT Connections Today – Hints and Answers for Friday, November 8 (Game #516)
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 #516) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BLUE
- CHEESE
- SPICY
- MUSTARD
- SWEET
- CAPER
- DILL
- DECK
- EXPLOITATION
- PICKLES
- ADULT
- ANTIQUE
- SUGGESTIVE
- STUNTS
- KOSHER
- CORD
NYT Connections Today (Game #516) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Until something
- Vegetable: Pickle is another
- Blue: That’s rude!
- Purple: [Divide] empty
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 #516) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ESCAPADE
- GREEN: TYPES of pickles
- BLUE: RISQUE
- PURPLE: CUT THE ___
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #516) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, game #516, are…
- YELLOW: ESCAPADE ANTIC, CAPER, EXPLOIT, STUNT
- GREEN: TYPES of pickles DILL, KOSHER, SOUR, SWEET
- BLUE: RISQUE MATURE, BLUE, SPICY, SUGGESTIVE
- PURPLE: CUT THE ___ CHEESE, ROPE, COVER, MUSTARD
- My rating: Difficult
- My score: Failure
Oh honey. This is my second failure in just a few days, so it’s back to the drawing board for me, stripes-wise. Not that I mind losing today’s match – I’d never heard of some of the elements mentioned, or at least not in the context they’re used here.
It started off well enough, with ADULT, BLUE, SPICY and SUGGESTIVE all placing themselves in the blue group, RISQUÉ, in my mind. Yellow – ESCAPADE – was also easy enough. But I got stuck there. I’m not a pickle eater, so I didn’t really have a chance with the green group. And while I probably should have made some progress with the purple group, I’ve never heard the phrase CUT THE CHEESE. You learn something new every day, I guess…
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Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, November 7, game #515)
- YELLOW: FOOD RELATED junk HASH, SALAD, SCRAMBLE, STEW
- GREEN: PUBLIC STAND CHARACTER, IMAGE, NAME, REPUTATION
- BLUE: INFO ON A MUSEUM PLATE ARTIST, MEDIUM, TITLE, YEAR
- PURPLE: ANAGRAMMS OF FAMOUS PAINTERS CLOCK FACE, EGADS, MONTE, YOGA
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.
