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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, May 17 (Game #1071).
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 #1072) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- WIKI
- POP
- SHARE
- FATHERS
- PEAR
- LUMP
- BLOW
- CHEAP
- EARP
- PEAR
- CRACK
- ROYAL
- RED
- COUPLE
- TWIN
- PAIR
NEW Connections today (game #1072) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Soundalikes
- GREEN: Break apart
- BLUE: Baseball stars
- PURPLE: Edible mixture
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 #1072) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HOMOPHONES
- GREEN: RUPTURE
- BLUE: MLB PLAYER
- PURPLE: FRUIT ANAGRAMS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1072) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1072, are…
- YELLOW: HOMOPHONES PAIR, PAIR, PEAR, PÈRE
- GREEN: RUPTURE BLOW, BREAK, POP, SPLIT
- BLUE: MLB PLAYER PADRE, RED, ROYAL, TILLING
- PURPLE: FRUIT ANAGRAMS CHEAP, EARP, LUMP, WIKI
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: Perfect
PEAR, PARE, PÉRE and PAIR immediately felt like a trap, especially since PARE and SPLIT are similar words. I wasn’t 100% sure though, so I decided to leave all four alone.
When I discovered that EARP was an anagram of PEAR, I set out to see what other FRUIT ANAGRAMS I could spot and was first rewarded with a purple one.
After this triumph, I decided to go for it and risk mating all these pairs. Not a trick after all. Oh, what games Connections plays with us.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Sunday, May 17, Game #1071)
- YELLOW: TUBE DUCT, LINE, MAIN, PIPE
- GREEN: FRAUD FLEECE, HOSE, CREAM, PIN
- BLUE: TEA-MAKER VERBS BOIL, POUR, QUIET, SPRINKLE
- PURPLE: “SCHOOL” MODIFIERS CHARACTERS, GRAMMAR, HIGH, PRIMARY
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.
