Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Nov. 22 #895
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle features a fun mix of categories. If you know your unusual foods, you should easily get the blue group. If you need help sorting answers into groups, you’ve come to the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like Wordle’s. Go there after playing to receive a numerical score and have the program analyze your answers. Players registered in the Times Games section can now track their progress, including the number of completed puzzles, win rate, number of times they achieved a perfect score, and their winning streak.
Learn more: Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Help You Win Every Time on NYT Connections
Tips for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are four clues for today’s Connections puzzle groupings, ordered from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.
Yellow group index: Not much.
Green group index: Like Popeye.
Blue group index: Yum!
Purple group index: Let’s do a ____.
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: A little bit.
Green group: Sailor.
Blue group: Tropical fruits/vegetables.
Purple group: ____ agreement.
Learn more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections answers?
The NYT Connections puzzle completed by November 22, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is a bit. The four answers are: dab, drop, splash and touch.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is marine. The four answers are salt dog, captain, swab and tar.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is tropical fruits/vegetables. The four answers are bitter melon, chayote, durian and soursop.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is ____ deal. The four responses are big, plea, crude and cherish.
The most difficult connections puzzles
We’ve noted some of the most difficult Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Include “elements you can set”, such as atmosphere, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” like the egg, the juror, the month, and the rose.
#3: Included “Screen Streets”, such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Includes “___ powers” such as Nap, Plant, Ranger, and Travel.
#1: Include “things that can leak,” like the candidate, faucet, mascara, and nose.
