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A new NEW Connections puzzle pops up at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people are always playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s”. If you’re looking for the Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Tuesday, March 10 (Game #1003).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
SPOILER ALERT: Today’s NYT Connections information is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NEW Connections today (game #1004) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- DRESS
- SNOW
- PALM
- JAZZ
- YEW
- ELEVATOR
- FIR
- TRAFFIC
- PINE
- OUI
- CLAMP
- HELLO
- ICE CREAM
- SPIFF
- MI
NEW Connections today (game #1004) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Deft burglary
- GREEN: Improvements
- BLUE: Conical black
- PURPLE: Sounds like people
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NEW Connections today (game #1004) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STEAL
- GREEN: Make nicer, WITH “UP”
- BLUE: KIND OF CONE
- PURPLE: PRONOUN HOMOPHONES
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1004) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1004, are…
- YELLOW: STEAL LIFT, HANDLE, PINCH, POCKET
- GREEN: Make nicer, WITH “UP” DRESS, JAZZ, SPIFF, FIR
- BLUE: KIND OF CONE ICE, FIRE, SNOW, TRAFFIC
- PURPLE: PRONOUN HOMOPHONES HI, MI, OUI, YEW
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: 1 error
This was an easy bunch of groups, but I still managed to find a bug.
I jumped forward before thinking I connected PALM, FIR, PINE and YEW and thought we were looking for a group of evergreen trees.
On a more positive note, I managed to spot the PRONOUN HOMOPHONES after realizing too late that OUI was the French word for yes and how it was pronounced. It doesn’t pay to overthink Connections a lot of the time!
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Tuesday, March 10, Game #1003)
- YELLOW: COOKING WITH DRY HEAT BROWN, FRY, BAKE, ROAST
- GREEN: FAMILY NICKNAMES CUZ, GRAM, POP, UNC
- BLUE: US STATE ABBREVIATIONS MASS, MISS, PEN, WASH
- PURPLE: PUNCH BOX, DOUBLE, SLUG, SOCK
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different degree of difficulty: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough, and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the last one, as you’ll be able to answer it by a process of elimination. Also, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you beat yourself up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that can hide the answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
