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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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday March 13th (Game #1006).
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 #1007) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- NIGHTMARE
- THE GADGET
- BINARY
- HAZE
- HOOTENANNY
- THE LICH
- MORSE
- DUOLINGO
- SPELL
- CLOUSEAU
- MOSCOW
- TRANCE
- DIOXIDE
- JAVERT
- DREAM
- TWILIGHT
NEW Connections today (game #1007) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Dizzy with it
- GREEN: Begin with number words
- BLUE: Investigators
- PURPLE: Finish with farm ladies
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 #1007) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HYPNOTIC STATE
- GREEN: STARTS WITH PREFIXES THAT MEAN “TWO”
- BLUE: FICTIONAL INSPECTORS
- PURPLE: END ON FEMALES
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1007) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1007, are…
- YELLOW: HYPNOTIC STATE DREAM, FOG, SPELL, TRANCE
- GREEN: STARTS WITH PREFIXES THAT MEAN “TWO” BINARY, DIOXIDE, DUOLINGO, TWILIGHT
- BLUE: FICTIONAL INSPECTORS CLOUSEAU, GADGET, JAVERT, MORSE
- PURPLE: END ON FEMALES HOOTENANNY, THE LICHEN, MOSCOW, NIGHTMARE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
After a short time pondering DREAM and NIGHTMARE I was lucky to get my second “purple first” of the month.
I say lucky because even though I spotted the words at the end, I had no idea they ENDED IN FEMALE until I hit “send”.
I was far more confident to start with prefixes meaning “TWO”, but I’m disappointed I didn’t see FICTITIOUS INSPECTORS – although I’m sure I wasn’t the only player who didn’t know that JAVERT appears in Les Misérablesand unlike the other inspectors does not own a raincoat.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, March 13, Game #1006)
- 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
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.
