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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 Wednesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Wednesday, April 1st (Game #1025).
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 #1026) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- STALLION
- CHAMPION
- OTHER
- CHANCE
- MIGO
- MOMENT
- BACK
- CARDI
- DRAKE
- EAT
- OPENING
- APPROVE
- WINDOW
- BUCK
- MESON
- DRONE
NEW Connections today (game #1026) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: On your side
- GREEN: A big break
- BLUE: Masculine beast
- PURPLE: A bit of a stiff drink
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 #1026) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SUPPORT
- GREEN: OPPORTUNITY
- BLUE: HAND ANIMALS
- PURPLE: ENDS ON LIQUOR BRANDS
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NEW Connections today (game #1026) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1026, are…
- YELLOW: SUPPORT BACK, CHAMPION, ENDORSE, SECOND
- GREEN: OPPORTUNITY CHANCE, MOMENT, OPENING, WINDOW
- BLUE: HAND ANIMALS BUCK, DRAKE, DRONE, STALLION
- PURPLE: ENDS ON LIQUOR BRANDS CARDI, ETHER, MESON, MIGOS
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: Perfect
After yesterday’s cryptic bamboozles, we returned to reality with a more straightforward game.
There were a few red herrings hiding between the tiles, but thankfully I resisted the temptation to hunt for rap acts and instead saw the connection between DRAKE, STALLION and BUCK taking a chance on DRONE, which I knew was a word related to bees.
CARDI and MIGOS ended up being in a group together, but it was ENDS OF LIQUOR BRANDS rather than music that united them. Cardi B, of course, was married to Migos member Offset, and adding to the connections, Cardi promotes Whipshots, a line of vodka-infused whipped cream, and Migos member Quavo had his own line of white vodka. Thanks, Google.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Wednesday, April 1st, Game #1025)
- YELLOW: BEER BRANDS BLUE MOON, DOS EQUIS, MILLER HIGH LIFE, RED STRIPE
- GREEN: ROCK BAND GREEN DAY, PINK FLOYD, THREE DOORS DOWN, U2
- BLUE: FILM BACK TO THE FUTURE, BLUE VELVET, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, TOP GUN
- PURPLE: US CITY NAMES BIG APPLE, BIG EASY, MILE HIGH CITY, SECOND CITY
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.
