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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 Thursday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Thursday, April 16 (Game #1040).
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 #1041) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- DOMINANT
- KEY
- RED
- TAN
- TONIC
- STEM
- HAMMER
- GENERAL
- PEAR
- SODA
- COMMON
- CORD
- STORMFUL
- LEAF
- PEDAL
- POPULAR
NEW Connections today (game #1041) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Plant life
- GREEN: Follow the leader
- BLUE: Source the ivories
- PURPLE: Partial drinks
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 #1041) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: vegetable parts
- GREEN: FERMENTING
- BLUE: PARTS OF A PIANO
- PURPLE: SECOND HALF OF DRINK NAMES
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1041) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1041, are…
- YELLOW: vegetable parts PEAR, LEAF, root, stem
- GREEN: FERMENTING COMMON, DOMINANT, GENERAL, POPULAR
- BLUE: PARTS OF A PIANO HAMMER, KEY, PEDAL, STRING
- PURPLE: SECOND HALF OF DRINK NAMES SODA, STORMY, TAN, TONIC
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
Connections have the ability to make you feel very smart when you’re not very smart at all, but can also make you feel ignorant.
It was more of the latter for me today as I made two mistakes that don’t make sense in hindsight but seemed like good ideas at the time. First, I connected LEAF, SODA, TONIC and ROOT and thought they were all partly the names of drinks – although root beer makes sense, tea leaves was a bit of a stretch.
Then thinking that KEY indicated a group of importance, I added DOMINANT, ROOT and POPULAR convinced I was on to something. I wasn’t.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Thursday, April 16, Game #1040)
- YELLOW: DRILLING NEEDLE, RIB, DRIVE, FRY
- GREEN: THERMOSTAT SETTINGS AUTO, COOL, FAN, HEAT
- BLUE: FEATURES A CATWOMAN COSTUME BODY, CLAWS, MASH, WHIP
- PURPLE: EXERCISE _____ BH, CAMP, DAY, WHEEL
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.
