Today’s Tips, Answers to NYT Connections for Nov. 3 #876

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has some outstanding stuff long clues. They all have at least two words. If you need help, you’ve come to the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times already has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after playing to get a numerical score and have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered in the Times Games section can now get away with tracking their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, their win percentage, the number of times they have achieved a perfect score and their winning streak.

Read more: Tips, advice and strategies to help you win at NYT Connections every time

Tips for today’s Connections groups

Here are four grouping tips in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group.

Yellow Group Tip: Primary color.

Green Group Advice: Your lungs also qualify.

Blue Group Tip: Parents’ nightmare toys.

A hint of a purple band: Look for a conjunction in the second word of each phrase.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: The things that are red.

Green group: Things filled with air.

Blue group: Things with many pieces.

Purple group: Ends with animals.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here are the most popular letters used in English words

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s links

The theme is things that are red. The four answers are a clown’s nose, a fire truck, a maraschino cherry, and a stop sign.

The green words in today’s relationships

The theme is stuff filled with air. The four answers are a balloon animal, a bouncy castle, water wings and a scream pillow.

The blue words in today’s relationships

The theme is multi-piece stuff. The four answers are a puzzle, a Lego set, a Lite-Brite, and pick-up sticks.

Purple words in today’s relationships

The theme ends with the animals. The four answers are dark horse, funky chicken, jumbo shrimp and sea monkey.