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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 30 (Game #1054).
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 #1055) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- POUR
- WAX
- ALE
- HIV
- CREST
- HONEY
- MIX
- COMB
- BUFF
- WEIGHT
- WATTLE
- CITRINE
- SHINE
- BEAK
- AMBER
- POLISH
NEW Connections today (game #1055) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Final finishing after car wash
- BLUE: Bird elements
- GREEN: Clear yellow-orange
- PURPLE: Changed numbers
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 #1055) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SHINE
- BLUE: CHARACTERISTICS OF A BIRD’S HEAD
- GREEN: GOLDEN THINGS
- PURPLE: NUMBER WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1055) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1055, are…
- YELLOW: SHINE BUFF, POLISH, SHINE, WAX
- BLUE: CHARACTERISTICS OF A BIRD’S HEAD BEAK, COMB, CREST, WATTLE
- GREEN: GOLDEN THINGS BEER, AMBER, CITRINE, HONEY
- PURPLE: NUMBER WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED HIVE, MIX, POUR, WEIGHT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Hopefully I wasn’t the only player who fell into the bee-related trap, collecting HIVE, HONEY, WAX and COMB.
However, this error helped me focus on other uses for WAX and its obvious car cleaning companions BUFF, POLISH and SHINE. Not that the MAKE GLOSSY activity is exclusive to cars – you can also BUFF up your medals or trophy collection. Something Cristiano Ronaldo no doubt hires someone to do daily.
Meanwhile, I was quite happy to get FEATURES OF A BIRD’S HEAD – mainly due to knowing what a WATTLE is (it’s not the start of a tongue twister, by the way).
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Thursday, April 30, Game #1054)
- YELLOW: UNNERVE ALARM, PREFACE, SHAKE, SHOCK
- GREEN: REMOVE, AS AN ITEM FROM A LIST, WITH “OFF” CHECK, CROSS, MARK, SAFE
- BLUE: WHAT THE “T” COULD STAND FOR TESLA, TIME, SAND, TYRANNOSAURUS
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF POSSIBLE ADJECTIVES TIME, HUR, THERE, AGAIN
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.
