NYT Connections is a challenging daily puzzle game that offers players a set of 16 words to arrange into four themed sets.
The theme presents four distinct themes every day, without any connection between them.
It tests vocabulary skills by requiring players to discover hidden links without the themes initially stated.
The November 18 edition of NYT Connections presents an engaging blend of logic, language, and cleverness. The challenge for today involves practical thinking on a wide range of themes, which keeps the players alert from the beginning.
The surprise is in the combination of comedy person to Oscar-winning actresses, which is a rare mix that brings both delight and confusion. It is a steady mid-tier challenge, neither too easy nor too hard, but very satisfactory once the connections are established.
NYT Connections is the daily puzzle section of The New York Times, which is very popular amongst its readers. Each color indicates a different level of difficulty: yellow for the easiest and purple for the hardest.
Puzzlers must think outside the box, identifying connections that might include categories, word associations, or even prefixes and suffixes. A single incorrect assumption has the potential to change the whole puzzle's direction.
LAUGH, GRAPE, PLUM, NEEDLEPOINT, CLOWN, JOKER, BERRY, STONE, SWANK, CHERRY, COMMONPLACE, MADISON, PARASITE, RIOT, ROMA, SUNSPOT
Yellow Group: A person who often jokes
Green Group: Think of Tomatoes
Blue Group: Popular Actresses
Purple Group: Words related to venue
Yellow: Clown
Green: Grape
Blue: Stone
Purple: Sunspot
Yellow Group (FUNNY PERSON): CLOWN, JOKER, LAUGH, RIOT
Blue Group (KINDS OF TOMATOES): CHERRY, GRAPE, PLUM, ROMA
Green Group (BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS): BERRY, MADISON, STONE, SWANK
Purple Group (ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "LOCATION"): COMMONPLACE, NEEDLEPOINT, PARASITE, SUNSPOT
The NYT Connections puzzle of November 18 is a good challenge of the middle level, just right for the hardcore word-puzzle lovers. From comedians to locating a venue, today’s words present a diverse range that is impossible to guess without some solid brainstorming.
The design for today gives a reason for the word game to attract the attention of word lovers daily: easy rules, imaginative turns, and satisfying reasoning.