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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 Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Tuesday, April 7 (Game #1031).
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 #1032) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SPECTACLE
- ORDER
- ASSOCIATES
- CONTACT
- MONKEY
- SEE
- SHADE
- PEER
- GOGGLES
- DESIGN
- WITHDRAWAL
- scholarship holder
- UNEVEN
- COLLEAGUE
- STYLE
- PARALLEL
NEW Connections today (game #1032) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: People you work with
- GREEN: Vibes of an object
- BLUE: Types of similar gym equipment
- PURPLE: Focus minus an S
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 #1032) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: COHORT MEMBER
- GREEN: AESTHETIC
- BLUE: TYPE OF BARA APPARATUS
- PURPLE: GLASSES IN SINGULAR
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1032) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1032, are…
- YELLOW: COHORT MEMBER ASSOCIATED, COLLEAGUE, fellow, PEER
- GREEN: AESTHETIC DESIGN, LOOK, SHAPE, STYLE
- BLUE: TYPE OF BARA APPARATUS MONKEY, PARALLEL, PULL-UP, UNEVEN
- PURPLE: GLASSES IN SINGULAR CONTACT, GOGGLE, SHADOW, SHADOW
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
It was not possible to get all the groups in difficulty. If I had, it would have been my third “perfect” day in a row. Not that I really tried, more hoping it would come out this way.
In reality, I felt that all of today’s groups were equally easy — the purple group of GLASSES IN SINGULAR could have been the yellow/easiest group, and the yellow group of tiles describing a COHORT MEMBER could have been the purple/hardest group.
There was also an absence of red herrings – unless you were tempted to join GOGGLE, LOOK, PEER and SCHEME in a snooping group. In other words: an easy day.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Tuesday, April 7, Game #1031)
- YELLOW: COMPETITION FIGHT, KLASH, COMPETITION, FIGHT
- GREEN: ON BOARD DOWN, PLAY, IN, WILLING
- BLUE: WORDS FOR UNSPECIFIED CHOICES ANOTHER, EITHER, NONE, ONE
- PURPLE: ____LIFE AFTER, LOW, NIGHT, WILD
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.
