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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 Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Sunday March 15th (Game #1008).
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 #1009) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- OKAY
- LAZINESS
- ANY
- THAW
- ANGRY
- TRAFFIC
- PRIDE
- ENVY
- CARTWRIGHT
- MOLASSES
- BREACH
- PACKAGE
- POD
- EMMY
- GAGGLE
- GLACIER
NEW Connections today (game #1009) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Collect animal names
- GREEN: The opposite of fast
- BLUE: Contains a letter you cannot hear
- PURPLE: USA homophones
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 #1009) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ANIMAL GROUP NAMES
- GREEN: THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING SLOW
- BLUE: SILENT “W”
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1009) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1009, are…
- YELLOW: ANIMAL GROUP NAMES GAGGLE, PACK, POD, PRIDE
- GREEN: THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING SLOW GLACIERS, MOLASSES, LAZINESS, TRAFFIC
- BLUE: SILENT “W” CARTWRIGHT, TWO, WRATH, BREACH
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS ANYONE, EMMY, MIUND, OK
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
As is often the case when I first get the purple group, it was by luck rather than design, as the link I saw were two-syllable words – but kudos if you knew they were WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS.
Animal group names seemed pretty straightforward apart from a slight hesitation over GAGGLE, which is the collective noun for a collection of geese.
Regarding geese, I had to try to explain the British class system to someone the other day and my explanation was: ducks are working class, geese are middle class and swans are upper class. It kind of works, swans really want to be lords of the manor, geese like to take over places that used to belong to ducks, and ducks are taken for granted.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Sunday, March 15, Game #1008)
- 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
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.
