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NYT Connections Hints Today (#899)—Clues and Answers for Wednesday, November 26

It’s time for a bit of midweek madness; hopefully, your streak can keep up with today’s NYT Connections puzzle! That’s right, I’m here with the latest NYT Connections hints to get you through this midweek lull and keep pushing towards the inevitable weekend. It’s almost the festive window, but for now, we’ll wait to celebrate until you’ve smashed today’s puzzle.

Read on for today’s NYT Connections hints and solutions.

What is NYT Connections?

It would be remiss of me not to give a little foundational backstory before leaping into today’s NYT Connections clues and hints.

In June 2023, NYT Connections emerged as yet another game in the ever-growing New York Times lineup. This title soared immediately, and it’s easy to see why. As a free-to-play, accessible New York Times game, NYT Connections is available to users worldwide and can be played on either desktop devices or via a mobile app.

Playing NYT Connections on your commute or while waiting for a coffee is a fantastic way to kill a few minutes.

But how do you play NYT Connections?

It’s relatively simple, and that’s why it’s the best New York Times game, in my opinion.

The NYT team will provide you with a grid of 16 words once a day. The only task left up to you is to sort those words into four groups of four by finding their commonalities. Every NYT Connections puzzle has just one solution, and some words might have a double meaning, so it can sometimes be tricky to figure out the answers.

It’s also important to stress that the words are color-coded: yellow, blue, green, and purple. That’s in order of difficulty from least to most difficult, too.

What’s critical here is that you get four guesses every day, and if you use those, your NYT Connections answers for today will be out of reach, as it’ll be game over.

Today’s NYT Connections Hints (November 26)

If you want to figure out today’s NYT Connections clues without getting the answers outright, I’ll start with the words themselves. Perhaps just seeing the words here will spur your brain into action, and you’ll spot the trends immediately.

Here are the NYT Connections words from today’s puzzle, #899:

  • CAN
  • DEB
  • COULD
  • JAN
  • MAY
  • KAT
  • MIGHT
  • SUE
  • APR
  • FLOW
  • CFO
  • GOD
  • IRA
  • MAR
  • SEC
  • TAB

And here are the hints I can offer for today’s NYT Connections:

  • Yellow Words that hedge or allow something, often before a main verb.
  • GreenCommon nicknames that stand in for longer given names.
  • BlueYou’ll see these on statements, filings, and in boardrooms.
  • PurpleAnimals that feel a little backwards,

Here’s the final warning before we get to the NYT Connections answers for today, November 26:

Are you sure you want to scroll further?

Very well!

NYT Connections Answers for Today, November 26 (#899)

If you want to jump straight to the answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzle, I’ve got you covered:

  • Yellow – CAN, COULD, MAY, MIGHT
  • Green – DEB, JAN, KAT, SUE
  • Blue – APR, CFO, IRA, SEC
  • Purple – FLOW, GOD, MAR, TAB

When Does NYT Connections Reset?

That’s today’s puzzle, but if you want the next one, the game resets daily at midnight local time (that’s your local time). You’ll have 24 hours to complete the puzzle when midnight ticks over in your timezone.

How did you do? Did you get a perfect run? Let me know what your streak looks like on the Insider Gaming Discord server

Written by
Grant Taylor-Hill
Senior Editor and Esports Lead

Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.

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