NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Thursday, November 23, 2023 (#165)

Puzzle #165. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Thursday, November 23, 2023 (puzzle #165) is: YELLOW — FOODS WITH CRUSTS: PASTY, PIE, TART, TURNOVER. GREEN — ENDING IN A SILENT “T”: BOUQUET, PARFAIT, RAGOUT, RAPPORT. BLUE — COUNTRIES WITH RED AND WHITE FLAGS: JAPAN, POLAND, TUNISIA, TURKEY. PURPLE — N.B.A. GREATS: BIRD, CURRY, JAMES, JORDAN.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Thursday, November 23, 2023. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

CURRY
BOUQUET
TURKEY
TURNOVER
PIE
BIRD
POLAND
PARFAIT
RAPPORT
JORDAN
TART
TUNISIA
JAMES
JAPAN
RAGOUT
PASTY

How hard is Connections #165?

Easy30/100
  • Four clean, meaning-based categories with little overlap.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Thursday, November 23, 2023

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Thursday, November 23, 2023

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Thursday, November 23, 2023?

The NYT Connections answer for Thursday, November 23, 2023 (puzzle #165) is: YELLOW — FOODS WITH CRUSTS: PASTY, PIE, TART, TURNOVER. GREEN — ENDING IN A SILENT “T”: BOUQUET, PARFAIT, RAGOUT, RAPPORT. BLUE — COUNTRIES WITH RED AND WHITE FLAGS: JAPAN, POLAND, TUNISIA, TURKEY. PURPLE — N.B.A. GREATS: BIRD, CURRY, JAMES, JORDAN.

What is the purple group in Connections #165?

The purple (hardest) group is "N.B.A. GREATS": BIRD, CURRY, JAMES, JORDAN.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "FOODS WITH CRUSTS" — PASTY, PIE, TART, TURNOVER. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Thursday, November 23, 2023 is NYT Connections puzzle #165. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.