Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Nov. 23 #896
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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a fun mix of categories, with two fun sections. If you need help sorting words into groups, you’ve come to the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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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: Shedding light on someone’s punishment.
Green group index: Where our four-legged friends live.
Blue group index: Award-winning director.
Purple group index: Tunes by a Swedish pop group.
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Indulgent.
Green group: Animal houses.
Blue group: Oliver Stone Films.
Purple group: Second words in the titles of ABBA hits.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The NYT Connections puzzle completed by November 23, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is merciful. The four answers are easy, lax, cowardly and cowardly.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is animal houses. The four answers are burrow, den, lodge and warren.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is Oliver Stone films. The four answers are JFK, Nixon, Platoon and Wall Street.
Purple words in today’s Connections
Theme is the second word in ABBA’s hit titles. The four answers are Gimme, Mia, Queen and Trouper.
