Find clues to solve today’s NYT Connections puzzle. If struggling to crack those elusive categories? Learn the hints and answers to November 26’s game without busting your streak using this guide.
The New York Times' daily word game, NYT Connections, challenges players to group 16 words into four sets of four based on shared themes. The problem is to recognize the differences without identity overlaps between the categories. It's free to play on the NYT website, and the Games app releases a new puzzle every midnight.
There’s only one correct solution to each game. It ends when players can make four incorrect guesses. The puzzle is made much harder since some words can fit multiple categories.
The colour-coded groups indicate difficulty:
Yellow: Easiest
Green and Blue: Moderate
Purple: Involving wordplay - often the trickiest.
The players only have one solution per day and must carefully analyze the grid for connections.
Today’s puzzle features these 16 words:
PLAZA
OVERLOOK
BONUS
DISCOUNT
CLUB
PROMOTION
RITZ
ANIMAL
RAISE
TURTLE
GOLDFISH
FORGET
PUG
IGNORE
EQUITY
ELOISE
Here are some clues to help identify the groups:
Yellow: Things one would appreciate in any job.
Green: The words to go against or look over something.
Blue: Typical snack shelf crackers.
Purple: Words relating to a famous children’s book series, set in a hotel in New York.
Ready for the answers? Here are today’s groups and their themes:
Good things to get at work: EQUITY, PROMOTION, RAISE, BONUS
Disregard: FORGET, IGNORE, OVERLOOK, DISCOUNT
Types of crackers: ANIMAL, CLUB, GOLDFISH, RITZ
Featured in Eloise: ELOISE, PLAZA, PUG, TURTLE
The solution of the yellow group seems quite straightforward. Words such as BONUS, EQUITY, and PROMOTION carry a literal agreement to positive outcome work. The green group is distinctly simple, including words indicating dismissal or disregard. This is a theme aligned with DISCOUNT, FORGET and IGNORE.
Common crackers such as ANIMAL and GOLDFISH constitute the blue group. Savory snack categories, although less well-known, such as CLUB and RITZ, also fit under savory snack categories.
For those unacquainted with the Eloise book series, the purple group presents the greatest potential challenge. These books take place in a New York City Hotel, with the titular character Eloise, the Plaza Hotel, and her pet Pug, a turtle.
This game is an appealing word puzzle game for fans of word puzzles who enjoy putting their reasoning skills to the test. With the single solution format, it becomes more attractive because each win feels good.
Succeeding requires taking care with word meanings and the areas of overlap. Whether or not today’s puzzle was easy or necessitated outside assistance, it continues to be a good puzzler challange. If you’re new to NYT Connections, go play the game archive now, to improve your skills, or to continue the fun. See you tomorrow for the next puzzle and hints!