NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, October 21 (game #863)

Date:
Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +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 Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers
for Monday, October 20 (game #862) .

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 #863) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are BUCKS DOES BULLS DRONES QUEENS HORNETS ADDRESSES TELEVISIONS GARAGE DOORS HANDLES KINGS JACKS SPURS ACES TACKLES
WIIS NYT Connections today (game #863) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Leaders of
the pack GREEN: Getting involved BLUE: Basketball sides PURPLE: Use the
zapper

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 #863) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: PLAYING
CARDS GREEN: TAKES ON BLUE: N.B.A. TEAMS PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN CONTROL WITH REMOTES

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #863) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #863, are YELLOW: PLAYING CARDS
ACES, JACKS, KINGS, QUEENS GREEN: TAKES ON ADDRESSES, DOES, HANDLES, TACKLES BLUE: N.B.A. TEAMS BUCKS, BULLS, HORNETS, SPURS PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN
CONTROL WITH REMOTES DRONES, GARAGE DOORS, TELEVISIONS, WIIS My rating: Hard My score: 3 mistakes

I made a pigs ear of my first group, making multiple mistakes despite having
a good idea what we were looking for.

I was sure that BULLS and SPURS were basketball teams, but I was convinced that the KINGS were too. I wasnt wrong but they didnt make the cut. I also added ACES, who are a WNBA team rather than an NBA team.

I got there eventually, but it cost me three mistakes when there were far easier groups I could have focused on PLAYING CARDS, for example, would have saved me a lot of time by eliminating ACES and KINGS.

Its all designed to fox us I know, and Im sure we should all beware of these exploits but I cant help falling for these traps sometimes. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, October 20, game #862) YELLOW: AFFLICTION BUGBEAR, COMPLEX, DEMON, HANG-UP GREEN: REPRESENTED BY CONSTELLATIONS BIG BEAR, CENTAUR, HUNTER, LYRE BLUE: PERIODIC TABLE SYMBOLS AS, BE, I, K PURPLE: ____CORN A, CAPRI, POP, UNI 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.



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