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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, May 13 (Game #1067).
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.
NEW Connections today (game #1068) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- THE OTHERS
- QUIET
- GHOST
- ALL SAINTS
- SIXTH SENSE
- BREAD CRUMB
- RING
- INTUITION
- ARM WARMER
- STOMACH FEELING
- METER
- DO NOT PREFACE
- VIBRATE
- Love bomb
- AIR CAIRO
- HUNCH
NEW Connections today (game #1068) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Skills to look ahead
- GREEN: Phone settings
- BLUE: Bad romance
- PURPLE: Repetitions within
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 #1068) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PRE-TREATMENT
- GREEN: MOBILE FUNCTIONS
- BLUE: BAD THINGS TO DO IN MODERN DATING
- PURPLE: SENTENCES WHOSE SECOND WORD INCLUDES THEIR FIRST WORD
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1068) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1068, are…
- YELLOW: PRE-TREATMENT GUT FEELING, FEELINGS, INTUITION, SIXTH SENSE
- GREEN: MOBILE FUNCTIONS DO NOT DISTURB, CALL, SILENCE, VIBRATE
- BLUE: BAD THINGS TO DO IN MODERN DATING CRUMBLES, PAINTERS, GHOSTS, LOVE BOMBS
- PURPLE: SENTENCES WHOSE SECOND WORD INCLUDES THEIR FIRST WORD
- AIR CAIRO, ALL HALLOWS, ARM WARMERS, THE OTHERS
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Thanks if you managed to spot the purple group. It looks simple when you know the thread, but I was blind to it.
A few days ago we had a group that featured detective films from a number of eras, and I thought we had a repeat of that today with the supernatural films THE OTHERS, RING, SIXTH SENSE and GHOST.
Annoying, but it helped me complete the game from here when I realized they were the clues to all four groups – CALL for MOBILE MODE, SIXTH SENSE for PREMONITION, and GHOST for BAD THINGS TO DO IN MODERN DATING.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Wednesday, May 13, Game #1067)
- YELLOW: LONG SANDWICH GRINDER, HERO, HOAGIE, SUB
- GREEN: SUBTEXT ARGUMENT, BASIS, REASON, JUSTIFICATION
- BLUE: SMARTPHONE PHOTO EDITING OPTIONS ADJUST, CROP, FILTER, MARKUP
- PURPLE: YELLOW_____ BEANS, STOMACH, DONUT, ROLL
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.
