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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, April 5 (Game #1029).
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 #1030) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SHARE
- OLIVES
- FIGHTS
- JUMP
- MOLE
- WICKET
- BALL
- EFFORTS
- HOLES
- RAVE
- CUSTOM USER
- CONCERN
- AVOID
- REQUIREMENTS
- HOURS
- HOEDOWN
NEW Connections today (game #1030) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Boogie nights
- GREEN: Involved
- BLUE: Fun game where you hit a fake animal
- PURPLE: On Broadway, but a little off
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 #1030) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: EVENTS WITH DANCE
- GREEN: INTEREST
- BLUE: COMPONENTS OF WHAC-A-MOLE
- PURPLE: MUSICALS WITH THE LAST LETTER CHANGED
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1030) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1030, are…
- YELLOW: EVENTS WITH DANCE BALL, HOEDOWN, JUMP, RAVE
- GREEN: INTEREST DEMAND, CONCERN, SHARE, QUIET
- BLUE: COMPONENTS OF WHAC-A-MOLE HOLES, MATCHES, MULLET, HOURS
- PURPLE: MUSICALS WITH THE LAST LETTER CHANGED CARRUUSER, EVITE, OLIVE, WICKET
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
When I saw the MALLET and WICKET in today’s grid, I convinced myself that we were looking for elements of the niche upper class sport of croquet, which involves both those things and a BALL and possibly a BET, although I’m not entirely sure.
Anyway, I was wrong – very, very wrong.
Fortunately, this was the end of my mistakes and I landed the other groups of four in difficulty. Kudos to everyone who saw the musicals – a brilliant bit of pun from our baffling overlords.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Sunday, April 5th, Game #1029)
- YELLOW: TERMS OF ATOMIC STRUCTURE ELECTRON, NUCLEUS, ORBIT, SHELL
- GREEN: PARTS OF A SHERLOCK HOLMES COSTUME DEERSTALKER, MAGNIFIER, PIPE, VIOLIN
- BLUE: THINGS TO REVERSE COIN, LIGHT SWITCH, PANCAKE, THE BIRD
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “SLUSH” GOOGOL, MUSHROOMS, PASTEURIZERS, PREACH POL
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.
