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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 24 (Game #1078).
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 #1079) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- BROW
- CAP
- LID
- CYA
- WHITE
- ATM
- PIN
- JOT
- LASH
- LOL
- SCRAP
- SHIRT
- STICKER
- BALL
- TIA
- QUIET
NEW Connections today (game #1079) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Free swag
- GREEN: Small quantity
- BLUE: Text to speech
- PURPLE: Look for a body part
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 #1079) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: COMMON PROMOTIONAL ITEMS
- GREEN: A LITTLE
- BLUE: TEXTING ABBREVIATIONS
- PURPLE: EYE____
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1079) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1079, are…
- YELLOW: COMMON PROMOTIONAL ITEMS CAP, PIN, SHIRT, STICKERS
- GREEN: A LITTLE JOT, SCRAP, SHRED, WHIT
- BLUE: TEXTING ABBREVIATIONS ATM, CYA, LOL, TIA
- PURPLE: EYE____ BULLET, BROW, FLIP, LID
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
My mistake today came because I thought I was being really clever and wanted a “purple first” after plugging in BROW, CYA, WHIT, PIN, thinking they were all colors minus a letter – as in brown, cyan, white and pink.
Crestfallen I managed to link JOT, SCRAP and SHRED and took a lucky gamble with WHIT.
I knew ATM, LOL and TIA as TEXTING ABBREVIATIONS, but I didn’t realize that CYA was an abbreviated way of saying “See ya” – although when I googled it, the AI search result was that it meant “cover your ass”.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Sunday, May 24, Game #1078)
- YELLOW: GARDEN DECOR COOP, STYLE, SHED, STAD
- GREEN: LABOR PROTESTS MARCH, PICKET, RALLY, STRIKE
- BLUE: OBJECTS USED IN RITUAL PERFORMANCES DRUM, MASH, RALLING, STAFF
- PURPLE: POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES PLUS A LETTER HERB, HISS, ITSY, MYA
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.
