Subj : NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, October 30 (game To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Wed Oct 29 2025 15:15:08 NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, October 30 (game #872) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000 Description: Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles. FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, October 29 (game #871) . Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game #872) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are PUMPKIN HORROR MURDER MYSTERY BUTLER ANGEL ROMANCE CHARM FANTASY BLOOM SUGAR PARLIAMENT LEVY LOVE GAGGLE GUTHRIE NYT Connections today (game #872) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Affectionate nicknames GREEN: As seen in bookshops BLUE: Feathered friends PURPLE: Celebrities who could be places Need more clues? We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT Connections today (game #872) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT GREEN: FICTION GENRES BLUE: COLLECTIVE NOUNS FOR BIRDS PURPLE: PEOPLE WHOSE FIRST NAMES ARE U.S. CITIES Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #872) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #872, are YELLOW: TERMS OF ENDEARMENT ANGEL, LOVE, PUMPKIN, SUGAR GREEN: FICTION GENRES FANTASY, HORROR, MYSTERY, ROMANCE BLUE: COLLECTIVE NOUNS FOR BIRDS CHARM, GAGGLE, MURDER, PARLIAMENT PURPLE: PEOPLE WHOSE FIRST NAMES ARE U.S. CITIES BLOOM, BUTLER, GUTHRIE, LEVY My rating: Hard My score: 2 mistakes The green and blue groups played into my interests of reading and ornithology. The truth is I prefer browsing in bookshops to actually reading and I know next to nothing about birds apart from some of the brilliant COLLECTIVE NOUNS FOR BIRDS. These are great but my favorite is 'a flamboyance of flamingos'. Despite this headstart, I still made two mistakes from the final eight tiles. In my determination to get a purple group I thought I was collecting NBA players as I was familiar with both Jimmy BUTLER and Mike LOVE. I got one away twice before changing tack and seeing the blindingly obvious TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. Incidentally, to save you a google, the PEOPLE WHOSE FIRST NAMES ARE U.S. CITIES are: Orlando BLOOM, Eugene LEVY, Savannah GUTHRIE, and Austin BUTLER. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, October 29, game #871) YELLOW: FORTITUDE BACKBONE, COURAGE, HEART, SPIRIT GREEN: CHANNEL MEDIUM, OUTLET, PLATFORM, VENUE BLUE: WORDS STARTING WITH THE "SAY" SOUND SACRUM, SEITAN, SEYCHELLES, SANCE PURPLE: THINGS FEATURING LETTERS A THROUGH Z ABECEDARIUM, COMPUTER KEYBOARD, OUIJA BOARD, SCRABBLE What is NYT Connections? NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult. On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room. It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers. It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile. ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-30-octobe r-2025 --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .