NYT Connections for Tuesday, November 18, 2025, is puzzle #891. Below are the 16 tiles, spoiler-light clues, category names, and—at the end—the complete four groups. Stop before the answer sections if you want to solve it yourself.
The 16 tiles
STONE, PARASITE, GRAPE, JOKER, ROMA, BERRY, RIOT, NEEDLEPOINT, COMMONPLACE, CLOWN, SWANK, PLUM, MADISON, SUNSPOT, CHERRY, LAUGH.
Hints for Connections #891
These clues are arranged from gentlest to more revealing. The full categories and answers follow below.
- Yellow: Think of a comedian or someone who jokes often.
- Green: These are varieties of a popular red fruit.
- Blue: These actresses have won the Best Actress Oscar.
- Purple: Consider what might be scouted before a movie shoot; each tile ends with a synonym for “location.”
Category names
Spoilers: The four categories are FUNNY PERSON, KINDS OF TOMATOES, BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS, and ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR “LOCATION.”
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Full answers for November 18, 2025
Full spoilers below.
- FUNNY PERSON: CLOWN, JOKER, LAUGH, RIOT.
- KINDS OF TOMATOES: CHERRY, GRAPE, PLUM, ROMA.
- BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS: BERRY, MADISON, STONE, SWANK.
- ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR “LOCATION”: COMMONPLACE, NEEDLEPOINT, PARASITE, SUNSPOT. Their endings are PLACE, POINT, SITE, and SPOT.
About this puzzle
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four. Forbes’ guide says a fourth incorrect guess ends the game; it identifies the NYT website and Games app as places to play. This archived answer guide is for puzzle #891 on November 18, 2025, not a current daily board.
Sources confirming the date, puzzle number, and solutions include The New York Times Connections game is not among those sources; the answer guides are TechRadar, Forbes, Parade, and Try Hard Guides.
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