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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is challenging, but also fun. There’s one of those hazel-purple categories where you have to spot one word from four other words. If you need help sorting them 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: You got it!
Green group index: Don’t even think about it.
Blue group index: Hoops.
Purple group index: Get out of here!
Answers for Today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: “You bet”
Green group: Forbidden.
Blue group: Basketball plans.
Purple group: Starting with synonyms for “scram!”
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 17, 2025.
Yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is “you bet”. All four answers are absolutely, of course, correct and safe.
Green words in today’s Connections
The theme is prohibited. The four answers are forbidden, proscribed, taboo and verboten.
Blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is basketball shots. The four answers are alley-oop, fadeaway, finger roll and slam dunk.
Purple words in today’s Connections
The theme begins with synonyms for “scram!” The four answers are go-getter, leaven, Scattergories and shoo-in.
