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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, May 28 (Game #1082).
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.
What are you going to do when you’re done? Why, play some more puns of course. I also have daily Strands Hints and Answers and Quordle Hints and Answers articles if you need help with those too, while Marc’s Wordle Today page covers the original viral pun.
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 #1083) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- POWDER
- SHEEP
- READING
- ATLANTIC
- PENNSYLVANIA
- BILLIARDS
- PACIFIC
- BO
- AMMONIA
- PROTACTINIUM
- WET DOG
- DRAWING
- INDIAN
- DURIAN
- PUBLIC ADDRESS
- ARCTIC
NEW Connections today (game #1083) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Large bodies of water
- GREEN: Stinky stuff
- BLUE: Areas in an elegant house
- PURPLE: Also what you would call a personal assistant
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 #1083) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: OCEANS
- GREEN: SOURCES OF PECULIAR ODORS
- BLUE: SHAPE OF ROOMS IN A PEARL HOUSE
- PURPLE: WHAT “PA” MAY REFER TO
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1083) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1083, are…
- YELLOW: OCEANS ARCTIC, ATLANTIC, INDIAN, PACIFIC
- GREEN: SOURCES OF PECULIAR ODORS AMMONIA, BO, DURIAN, WET DOG
- BLUE: SHAPE OF ROOMS IN A PEARL HOUSE BILLIARDS, DRAWING, POWDER, READING
- PURPLE: WHAT “PA” MAY REFER TO FATHER, PENNSYLVANIA, PROTACTINIUM, PUBLIC ADDRESS
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I had no idea what PROTACTINIUM is, but I decided it smelled and placed it next to DURIAN, WET DOG and AMMONIA, which I knew was properly stinky.
My big mistake here was failing to see that BO was short for body odor and not what I had originally thought of as a casual greeting between fans of 1990s hip-hop.
I have since learned that PROTACTINIUM is a dense, highly radioactive and toxic actinide metal. So it might smell funky – especially if it was stored in a sealed box with some blue cheese – but it wouldn’t be a good idea to find out.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Thursday, May 28, Game #1082)
- YELLOW: Stay LOW DUCK, HUNCH, SQUAT, STOP
- GREEN: FOURTH PROPERTY MEDIA, NEWS, NEWSPAPERS, PRESS
- BLUE: PARTS OF A COURT ROOM BAR, BENCH, PODIUM, STAND
- PURPLE: SKI__ JUMP, LIFT, LODGE, SLOPE
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.
