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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 14 (Game #1068).
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 #1069) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SAW
- JORDAN
- CROSS
- PITT
- ELBA
- PALM
- CIAO
- FORD
- VADE
- BIRD
- WAS
- CURRY
- JAMES
- LOOK
- Able to
- TRAVERSE
NEW Connections today (game #1069) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Navigating a waterway
- GREEN: Basketball legends
- BLUE: Back to front pair
- PURPLE: Dog soundalikes
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 #1069) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: NAVIGATING THROUGH, LIKE A RIVER
- GREEN: MULTI-TIME NBA MVPS
- BLUE: NON-PALINDROMIC WORDS IN A KNOWN PALINDROME
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF THE KIND OF DOGS, FAMILIAR
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1069) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1069, are…
- YELLOW: NAVIGATING THROUGH, LIKE A RIVER CROSS, FORD, TRAVERSE, WADE
- GREEN: MULTI-TIME NBA MVPS BIRD, CURRY, JAMES, JORDAN
- BLUE: NON-PALINDROMIC WORDS IN A KNOWN PALINDROME COULD, ELBA, SAW, VAR
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF THE KIND OF DOGS, FAMILIAR CIAO, PALM, PEEK, PITT
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I spotted five last names of basketball legends among today’s tiles, but even with my slim knowledge going that far, I didn’t know which one to eliminate, so decided to see if I could get another group and eliminate one of the five.
It happened pretty quickly when I decided WADE wasn’t here because of Dwyane, but because it was a word that describes crossing water, or should I say NAVIGATE THROUGH, LIKE A RIVER.
After this triumph, I was sure to pick JAMES, CURRY, BIRD, and JORDAN, but I had no idea what connected the eight remaining tiles until I saw that ABLE and ELBA had the same letters, as did WAS and SAW. A good thing as the purple group hovered far above my head.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Thursday, May 14, Game #1068)
- 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
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.
