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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, March 26 (Game #1019).
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 #1020) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- BREAKING SIGNAL
- TRAFFIC COOK
- BRASS TACKS
- THE FOOD
- THE LORAX
- LIP SERVICE
- TICKET COUNTER
- BOTTOM LINE
- Duty free
- NITTY-GRITTY
- MONARCH SUMMERFUL
- MONKEY BARS
- WEDDING RECEPTION
- GOLDFISH CRACKERS
- BAGGAGE REQUIREMENTS
- BASIC FACTS
NEW Connections today (game #1020) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: The real thing
- GREEN: As seen at JFK
- BLUE: A sunny color in common
- PURPLE: The finality of the phone
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 #1020) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WHAT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO
- GREEN: FUNCTIONS IN AN AIRPORT TERMINAL
- BLUE: THINGS THAT ARE ORANGE
- PURPLE: END WITH WORD FOR CELLULAR CONNECTION
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1020) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1020, are…
- YELLOW: WHAT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO BASIC FACTS, BOTTOM LINE, BRASS TACKS, NITTY-GRITTY
- GREEN: FUNCTIONS IN AN AIRPORT TERMINAL BAGGAGE REQUIREMENT, DUTY FREE, FOOD, TICKET COUNTER
- BLUE: THINGS THAT ARE ORANGE GOLDFISH CRACKER, MONARCH BUTTERFLY, THE LORAX, TRAFFIC COOKER
- PURPLE: END WITH WORD FOR CELLULAR CONNECTION LIP SERVICE, MONKEY BEARERS, BLYMPEL, WEDDING RECEPTION
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Games where the tiles are a little different — like today’s spectacular two words, always throw me.
I’m not quite sure how I managed to get through without making a mistake, but Connections miracles do happen. That said, I took quite a while trying to get things to fit, even though I didn’t know MONARCH BUTTERFLY was orange or what MASSING TACKS meant.
As always, I got over the line by knowing two of the links and guessing the most likely threads.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Thursday, March 26, Game #1019)
- YELLOW: METHODS FOR INCORPORATING FOOD PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE, FISHING, GATHERING, HUNTING
- GREEN: MEMBER OF A DETROIT SPORTS TEAM LION, STAMP, RED WING, TIGER
- BLUE: FEATURES IN A CLASSIC VOTE BALLOT, BIND, ADVANCE, HANDLE
- PURPLE: THEY HAVE BOLTS FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER, HARDWARE STORE, LIGHTNING, LOCK
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.
