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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, April 26 (Game #1050).
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 #1051) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- RADIOACTIVE MAN
- RATING BULL
- RED ONION
- REGINA KING
- RESERVOIR DOGS
- PEARLING LOVEJOY
- ROMAN HOLIDAY
- FRIED CHICKEN
- SMOKE BUCK
- REAR WINDOW
- ROMANE SALAD
- ROOT FLANDERS
- RAIN MON
- ROTARY CLIPPER
- RALPH WIGGUM
- RANCH DRESSING
NEW Connections today (game #1051) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A healthy lunch
- GREEN: 5 star movies
- BLUE: Right out of Springfield
- PURPLE: Think: Basketball team
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 #1051) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SALAD INGREDIENTS
- GREEN: CLASSIC FILMS
- BLUE: “THE SIMPSONS” CHARACTERS
- PURPLE: ENDS IN NBA PLAYERS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1051) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1051, are…
- YELLOW: SALAD INGREDIENTS RANCH DRESSING, RED ONION, FRIED CHICKEN, ROMANE SALAD
- GREEN: CLASSIC FILMS RAIN MAN, REAR WINDOW, RESERVOIR DOGS, ROMAN HOLIDAY
- BLUE: “THE SIMPSONS” CHARACTERS RADIOACTIVE MAN, RALPH WIGGUM, REVEREND LOVEJOY, ROD FLANDERS
- PURPLE: ENDS IN NBA PLAYERS RAGING BULL, REGINA KING, REG BUCK, ROTARY CLIPPER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Usually when faced with a slightly different Connections net, my brain goes into panic mode, resulting in complete confusion. Not today.
Somehow I managed to see all four groups at once and decided to play a new game: guess which one deserved to be the purple/hardest group. The outstanding NBA teams seemed the most obscure, so I went with that.
The only thing that gave me pause was RADIOACTIVE MAN, which I wasn’t sure was a character from The Simpsons but certainly did not belong among the CLASSIC FILMS.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Sunday, April 26, Game #1050)
- YELLOW: REGULATIONS CATCH, WARNING, FINLET, STRICT
- GREEN: VOCAL CHARACTERISTICS PITCH, RANGE, REGISTER, TONE
- BLUE: CHARACTERS IN “DICK AND JANE” DICK, JANE, MOTHER, SPOT
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH FACES BUILDING, CLIFF, CLOCK, POLYHEDRON
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.
