NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, October 8 (game #850)

Date:
Tue, 07 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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, October 7 (game #849) .

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

Today's NYT Connections words are CREAM ALTERNATIVE PEARL RIVER BEST EGGSHELL OYSTER GARAGE NAIL GLOSS SELECT ARENA CLASSIC ELITE FLOWER MATTE NYT Connections today (game #850) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: The pinnacle of quality GREEN: Types without the roll BLUE: What you would brush on a wall PURPLE: Words united by a thing we sleep on

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 #850) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: FINEST
GREEN: ROCK MUSIC SUBGENRES BLUE: PAINT FINISHES PURPLE: KINDS OF BEDS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #850) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #850, are YELLOW: FINEST BEST,
CREAM, ELITE, SELECT GREEN: ROCK MUSIC SUBGENRES ALTERNATIVE, ARENA, CLASSIC, GARAGE BLUE: PAINT FINISHES EGGSHELL, GLOSS, MATTE, PEARL PURPLE: KINDS OF BEDS FLOWER, NAIL, OYSTER, RIVER My rating: Easy My score: 1 mistake

Even though I made a mistake falling into a Connections trap Im still classifying this one as easy.

My error was including CLASSIC instead of CREAM in the FINEST category I got locked into thinking that these were all words marketing uses to sell the
same products to us for an elevated price. As in youre not just getting a standard experience for just $25 you are getting an ELITE experience.

My slip-up was easily corrected and the other categories were easy to spot from there on in. I might even have solved the hardest purple group if Id
have applied myself a bit harder. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, October 7, game #849) YELLOW: GOSSIP BUZZ, DIRT, DISH, TALK GREEN: SEEN AT A WEDDING ALTAR, BOUQUET, CAKE, RING BLUE: TEAM BUNCH, CREW, GROUP, PACK PURPLE: MUSICALS PLUS STARTING LETTER BRENT, CHAIR, FANNIE, SCATS 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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