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Hey there, everyone! We’ve made it to the end of the week. I hope you’ve got some fun, relaxing or otherwise edifying plans in store. I could be attending a Santa Claus parade with my partner and her four-year-old. It should be enjoyable, but I’m mostly just hoping I make it out intact.
Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, November 22, are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT website or Games app.
You’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part.
There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay.
Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.
If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers. As with Wordle and other similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.
If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive. This includes every previous game of Connections, so you can go back and play any of those that you have missed.
Aside from the first 60 games or so, you should be able to find my hints for each grid via Google if you need them! Just click here and add the date of the game for which you need clues or the answers to the search query.
What Are Today’s Connections Hints?
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today’s 16 words are…
- FANTASY
- TEAMS
- LOVE
- ATTENTION
- LENS
- EXPOSURE
- POSITION
- MEET
- ZOOM
- SHUTTER
- PRESS
- ANGLE
- TREASURE
- COVERAGE
- PERSPECIVE
- SLACK
And the hints for today’s Connections groups are:
- Yellow group — get eyes on yourself or your project
- Green group — a specific interpretation
- Blue group — how we keep in touch with colleagues
- Purple group — marooned shows and movies
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.
Today’s Connections groups are…
- Yellow group — publicity
- Green group — point of view
- Blue group — work communication platforms
- Purple group — ____ Island
What Are Today’s Connections Answers?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today’s Connections answers are…
- Yellow group — publicity (ATTENTION, COVERAGE, EXPOSURE, PRESS)
- Green group — point of view (ANGLE, LENS, PERSPECTIVE, POSITION)
- Blue group — work communication platforms (MEET, SLACK, TEAMS, ZOOM)
- Purple group — ____ Island (FANTASY, LOVE, SHUTTER, TREASURE)
I’m back to winning ways with a perfect game. A nice way to close out the week! Here’s how I fared:
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I found this grid to be a pretty straightforward one. As much as I enjoy a little challenge, that’s always welcome after losing a streak.
LENS, ZOOM, SHUTTER and EXPOSURE seem like they’d form a group, but it only took a second of looking around the grid to recognize that it was a clear red herring. ZOOM went with the blues, of course (I think about SLACK far too much already during my work day, thank you very much, Connections).
The yellows were easy to spot as well. I figured out the greens quickly, but I submitted the purples (after deducing that connection) beforehand.
That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog for hints and the solution for Saturday’s game if you need them.
P.S. Love Island is… not for me, so let’s go with a recommendation of Shutter Island. I haven’t seen that thriller since it was in theaters, but I remember enjoying it very much. The trailer’s great too.
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