NYT Connections November 17 2025 Answers
Puzzle #890
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
TABOO SLAM DUNK GO-GETTER SURE THING SHOO-IN SCATTERGORIES OKEY-DOKE PROSCRIBED ALLEY-OOP ABSOLUTELY VERBOTEN FADEAWAY OFF-LIMITS LEAVENING FINGER ROLL OF COURSE
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — "YOU BET"
Green — FORBIDDEN
Blue — BASKETBALL SHOTS
Purple — STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SCRAM!"
"YOU BET"ABSOLUTELY, OKEY-DOKE, OF COURSE, SURE THING
FORBIDDENOFF-LIMITS, PROSCRIBED, TABOO, VERBOTEN
BASKETBALL SHOTSALLEY-OOP, FADEAWAY, FINGER ROLL, SLAM DUNK
STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "SCRAM!"GO-GETTER, LEAVENING, SCATTERGORIES, SHOO-IN
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.