{"id":145628,"date":"2025-11-21T01:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T01:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/145628\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T01:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T01:14:11","slug":"nyt-connections-hints-and-answers-for-friday-november-21-894","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/145628\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Connections Hints And Answers For Friday, November 21 (#894)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections.<\/p>\n

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Each day\u2019s game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. Before your NYT Connections hints today, here\u2019s what you missed on Thursday:<\/p>\n

ForbesNYT Connections Hints And Answers Explained For Thursday, November 20 (#893)By Kris Holt<\/a><\/p>\n

Hey there, Connectors! The weekend is right around the corner, but before we get there, let\u2019s make sure all of our Connections streaks remain intact.<\/p>\n

I passed up the chance to see Paul McCartney when he was in town this week. I\u2019ve never been a huge fan of his or The Beatles, but I slightly regret not snapping up reasonably priced (at least on a comparative level) tickets I saw for a suite. Tickets were generally pretty expensive otherwise, and I have a lot of other things coming up. <\/p>\n

One of those is what will be, as things stand, my final show of the year. I\u2019m going to see Papa Roach for the very first time. I\u2019m not a diehard fan or anything, but I liked them when I was a kid and the support acts are pretty fun. I think it could be a good gig, and one that costs about a sixth as much for a decent seat as a McCartney gig. <\/p>\n

Still, McCartney\u2019s show might just offer good value for money. His current setlist runs for about two and a half hours and he\u2019s been playing a separate 12-song set during soundchecks for VIPs. That\u2019s pretty impressive stuff for any musician, let alone someone of his age and standing.<\/p>\n

Before we start, I want to mention the great community we have on Discord<\/a>, where we chat about Connections, the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. It\u2019s a lovely, welcoming group of folks. I like to call it our cozy little corner of the internet. You\u2019re more than welcome to join us. Don\u2019t be shy! <\/p>\n

Today\u2019s NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, November 21 are coming right up. Let\u2019s get rolling!<\/p>\n

NYT Connections \u2013 How To Play<\/p>\n

Connections is a free New York Times daily word game that you can play on the NYT\u2019s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive, which includes every previous game.<\/p>\n

Connections presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don\u2019t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that\u2019s what you have to figure out.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it\u2019s game over.<\/p>\n

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs \u2013 part of the fun of Connections is in how the NYT shakes things up to keep you on your toes.<\/p>\n

As with Wordle and similar games, it\u2019s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.<\/p>\n

Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow \u2013 correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.<\/p>\n

NYT Connections Hints \u2013 Today\u2019s Word List<\/p>\n

Scroll slowly! I\u2019ll first give you a list of today\u2019s words, then a hint for each category. After that, I\u2019ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I\u2019ll tell you the category names, followed by the full answers.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s 16 words are…<\/p>\n

RACECARLAPEL PINSCREWDRIVERWOLF EELBOLT CUTTERGREYHOUNDSCARF RINGGRUMPY OLD MANCOSMOPOLITANLAVALIERCLOWNFISHAWARENESS RIBBONTALKING DOLLCHOW MEINBOUTONNI\u00c8RESEA BREEZENYT Connections Hints <\/p>\n

And the hints for today\u2019s Connections groups are:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 these can be decorative or useful things to have on the fold\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 some are shaken, others are stirred\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 like ant, rat and emotion\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 before anything else, take a moment to digest the gridNYT Connections Hints \u2013 One Answer Per Group<\/p>\n

Need some extra help? <\/p>\n

Be warned: we\u2019re starting to get into spoiler territory.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at one answer for each group.<\/p>\n

Here we go\u2026<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 AWARENESS RIBBON\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 GREYHOUND\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 RACECAR\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 BOLT CUTTERNYT Connections Hints \u2013 Groups\/Categories<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Connections groups are…<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 things worn on lapels \ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 cocktails \ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 Pixar protagonists \ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 starting with synonyms for “eat” NYT Connections Answers<\/p>\n

Spoiler alert! Don\u2019t scroll any further down the page until you\u2019re ready to find out today\u2019s Connections answers.<\/p>\n

This is your last chance to look away.<\/p>\n

This is your final warning!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Connections answers are…<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe8 Yellow group \u2014 things worn on lapels (AWARENESS RIBBON, BOUTONNI\u00c8RE, LAPEL PIN, LAVALIER)\ud83d\udfe9 Green group \u2014 cocktails (COSMOPOLITAN, GREYHOUND, SCREWDRIVER, SEA BREEZE)\ud83d\udfe6 Blue group \u2014 Pixar protagonists (CLOWNFISH, GRUMPY OLD MAN, RACECAR, TALKING DOLL)\ud83d\udfea Purple group \u2014 starting with synonyms for “eat” (BOLT CUTTER, CHOW MEIN, SCARF RING, WOLF EEL)<\/p>\n

My immediate thought was that there’d be a group of palindromes because, as we all know, “RACECAR is RACECAR backwards.” But I didn’t see anything else that quite worked. The cocktails, however, were a (sea) breeze for the greens.<\/p>\n

From there, CLOWNFISH jumped out at me. Of course, that\u2019s the protagonist of Finding Nemo, the Pixar movie. It didn\u2019t take long to find three other Pixar protagonists and I had the blues wrapped up. (I know it\u2019s a Disney film and not a Pixar one, but did you see the trailer for the live-action Moana movie this week? How utterly pointless. It looks pretty much the same as the animated version!)<\/p>\n

At that point, CHOW MEIN and WOLF EEL caught my eye. They didn\u2019t really fit with anything else, so I figured they had to be wordplay purples. SCARF RING also starts with a word that means to eat quickly. Bolt, from BOLT CUTTER, was the only other one that indicated rapidity, even though I’ve never really heard of that specifically in terms of eating. Nevertheless, I had the purples.<\/p>\n

That left me with the yellows. I was aware of what an AWARENESS RIBBON and a LAPEL PIN were, but BOUTONNI\u00c8RE and LAVALIER were beyond me. I really do need to take French classes, huh?<\/p>\n

Aside from the ignominy of getting the yellows by default, I’m pleased as punch to have a winning streak that currently sits at 265. How did you get on today?<\/p>\n

Here’s my grid:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9\ud83d\udfe9
\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6\ud83d\udfe6
\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea\ud83d\udfea
\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8\ud83d\udfe8<\/p>\n

Want to know more about how everything fits together? Let\u2019s explore today\u2019s game in more depth in my NYT Connections Answers Explained column. You can check that out by visiting my author page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all there is to it for today\u2019s Connections clues and answers. I\u2019ll be back with you here on Monday for more Connections shenanigans. In the meantime, you can read the weekend editions of this column over at my newsletter, Pastimes<\/a>. (That is, if I can stop celebrating Scotland\u2019s qualification for the World Cup long enough to write them.)<\/p>\n

P.S. There\u2019s only one way to end this themed run of puppet\/Muppet-related song recommendations I\u2019ve been doing this week. With The Muppet Show theme, of course. It\u2019s an all-timer of a theme song:<\/p>\n

And because I have a giant soft spot for OK Go, here’s their interpretation too:<\/p>\n

Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!<\/p>\n

Please follow my blog<\/a> for more NYT Connections hints and help with other word games, and even some video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! Sharing this column with other people who play Connections would be appreciated too. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my newsletter, Pastimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Find the links between the words to win today’s game of Connections. getty Each day\u2019s game of NYT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[33658,96285,156,3922,111,139,3920,3918,3924,3917,97865,3919,3921,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-145628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-connections","9":"tag-connections-hint-today","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-how-to-play-nyt-connections","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nyt-connections-answers","15":"tag-nyt-connections-clues","16":"tag-nyt-connections-friday","17":"tag-nyt-connections-hints","18":"tag-nyt-connections-november-21","19":"tag-nyt-connections-solution","20":"tag-nyt-connections-today","21":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}