Unless you’re an expert in zoology and ancient fairy tales, we doubt you’ll be able to finish NYT Connections on your own today. So if you’re a noob like me, then it’s time to read on. Come talk to us about all the hints, hidden categories and finally the answers for NYT Connections for November 22nd. So without further delay, let’s get started.
Tip for today’s connection themes
We’ll start today by discussing some subtle hints for the Connections themes. Check them out below and see if you can guess a few.
- Yellow category – Sometimes hills mean a lot
- Green category – We eat quickly when we are hungry, don’t we?
- Blue category – All present in a famous fairy tale
- Purple category – Words can be made from animals
Additional tip: Do you like ornithology?
We wish we could go into more detail in this section, but these tips are the best we can share. They all relate to the categories for the puzzle, so think long and hard before scrolling down to see the exact names. However, if you still can’t solve the puzzle, then maybe this one tricks to fix NYT Connections could work.
Spoiler warning #1: Although this section provided hints for the categories, the next section names them directly. Only scroll down if you finally want the category names.
The names of the contemporary compound categories
If you are still stuck on the categories, it might be better if we just tell you the names directly.
- Yellow – AREAS BETWEEN MOUNTAINS AND HILLS
- Vegetable – EAT Voraciously
- Blue – OFFERED IN “SNOW WHITE”
- Purple – “C” + BIRD
Spoiler warning #2: We hope you can guess the words now. However, if it still doesn’t work, it’s time to scroll down. The next section contains the answer to today’s puzzle; you will see all the answers in their categories. This is your last chance to scroll back to the top.
Connections Reply by November 22
Still can’t solve the puzzle after all the help above? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections puzzle are:
- AREAS BETWEEN MOUNTAINS AND HILLS – Canyon, Gluch, Pass, Ravine
- EAT VORACIOUSLY – Gorge, gulp, scarf, wolf
- OFFERED IN SNOW WHITE – Apple, Shy, Mirror, Queen
- “C” + BIRD – Chen, Clark, Cowl, Craven

I actually got halfway through the NYT Connections puzzle before I gave up and lost all my chances. My game started off fine, guessing the yellow category almost immediately. Call it coincidence, but just seeing the word Canyon took me back to “127 Hours,” and that led me to connect all the other words together. I then moved on to the Green category and solved it within the next 3-4 minutes. The extra time I took was only because I didn’t know that Scarf also stood for food like that.
However, this is when my luck ran out. Although I could have guessed Snow White, I had no idea of the challenge that the Purple category presented. When I ran out of chances, the game gave me the answers and I had my NYT Connections for November 22nd.
And you? How was your experience with today’s puzzle? Where did you get stuck when you did that? Let us know in the comments below.