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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 Saturday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Saturday, March 14 (Game #1007).
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 #1008) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- GOSSIP
- DOG
- NEW
- TOY
- SPORTY
- WORKING
- BOOK
- FAIR
- SHADE
- AWAY
- BICYCLE
- TRACK
- SQUARE
- VIDEO GAMES
- TAIL
- HONEST
NEW Connections today (game #1008) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Follow
- GREEN: Honorable behavior
- BLUE: What to buy a 10 year old
- PURPLE: Screen art with “a young woman”
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 #1008) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PURSUIT
- GREEN: SPORTSMAN
- BLUE: CLASSIC CHILDREN’S GIFTS
- PURPLE: “____ GIRL” TITLES
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1008) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1008, are…
- YELLOW: PURSUIT DOG, SHADOW, TAIL, TRACK
- GREEN: SPORTSMAN FAIR, HONEST, SPORTING, SQUARE
- BLUE: CLASSIC CHILDREN’S GIFTS BIKE, BOOK, TOYS, VIDEO GAMES
- PURPLE: “____ GIRL” TITLES GONE, GOSSIP, NEW, WORK
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
When I saw TOY and BOOK along with FAIR, I was temporarily out of the game to try a fair group (are VIDEO GAME fairs a thing?), and GOSSIP and HOUND seemed to hint at another collection, but thankfully I quickly moved on from those ideas.
In most groups there is always one tile that you feel less confident about than the others, and in CHASE it was HOUND, which sounded closer to close range harassment than the clandestine activities suggested by SHADOW, TAIL and TRACK.
For SPORTSMANLIKE, the tricky fourth piece was SQUARE (isn’t that what you’d call an uncool sportsman?), while for CLASSIC KID GIFTS it was definitely BOOK.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Saturday, March 14, Game #1007)
- 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
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.
