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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is kind of tough. The purple category relies on you to know the other games in the New York Times stable. (We feature answers to five of those games.) If you need help sorting them into groups, you’re in the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time
Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Look out!
Green group hint: Store things here.
Blue group hint: In the shop.
Purple group hint: Some meta rhyming.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Inundation.
Green group: Main folders in a computer.
Blue group: Woodworking tools.
Purple group: Rhymes for New York Times games.
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Nov. 27, 2025.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is inundation. The four answers are avalanche, outpouring, tidal wave and torrent.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is main folders in a computer. The four answers are desktop, documents, downloads and music.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is woodworking tools. The four answers are drills, files, routers and saws.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is rhymes for New York Times games. The four answers are confections (Connections), grands (Strands), hurdle (Wordle) and swelling sea (Spelling Bee).
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