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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 Thursday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Thursday, March 12 (Game #1005).
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 #1006) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- PERFECT
- BRICK
- PASS
- NUN
- GREAT
- AWL
- PRIME
- SUM
- PHEW
- NAH
- FOURTH
- EVEN
- NEXT TIME
- BERLIN
- IRRATIONAL
- LATER
NEW Connections today (game #1006) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Turn down
- GREEN: Numerical variants
- BLUE: Types of a vertical structure
- PURPLE: That sounds like a lot
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 #1006) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “NO THANKS”
- GREEN: KIND OF NUMBERS
- BLUE: KIND OF WALLS
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF NON-NUMERICAL AMOUNTS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1006) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1006, are…
- YELLOW: “NO THANKS” LATER, NO, NEXT TIME, PASS
- GREEN: KIND OF NUMBERS SELF, IRRATIONAL, PERFECT, PRIME
- BLUE: KIND OF WALLS BERLIN, BLISTE, FOURTH, FLOT
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF NON-NUMERICAL AMOUNTS AWL, NUN, PHEW, SUM
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
When you get the “one gone” popup it’s hard not to fix a group even if you keep getting it wrong.
I tried to complete what became the green KIND OF NUMBERS group – including GREAT, so SUM instead of IRRATIONAL, before giving up completely after taking SELF out of my quartet and getting the “groups of four” popup.
Fortunately, I found the other three groups easily enough, but I flirted with my first loss of 2026 on a fairly straightforward day.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Thursday, March 12, Game #1005)
- YELLOW: PLACES TO FIND SAND BUNKER, DESERT, HOURGLASS, SANDBOX
- GREEN: THINGS THAT GO BACK AND BACK METRONOME, PENDULUM, GING, WINDSHIELD WIPER
- BLUE: APPARATUS-BASED EXERCISE CLASSES BARRE, REFORM, SPIN, STEP
- PURPLE: WITH BIRDS CUCKOO CLOCK, FRODGING LOOPS, MEXICAN FLAG, WEATHER CAPS
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.
