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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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday, April 17 (Game #1041).
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 #1042) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- MARVEL
- DC
- CRUSHWORTHY
- POWER
- FANTAGRAPHIC
- DARK HORSE
- VOLTAGE
- WONDER
- SLEEPING
- FRESCADE
- STARE
- LONG SHOT
- PEPSINOGEN
- UNDERDOG
- GOGGLES
- AC
NEW Connections today (game #1042) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Look at amazing sights
- GREEN: On
- BLUE: Surprising winner
- PURPLE: Start with a drink
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 #1042) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: WATCH IN AWE
- GREEN: BASIC ELECTRICAL TERMS
- BLUE: UNEXPECTED WINNER
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SODA MARKS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1042) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1042, are…
- YELLOW: WATCH IN AWE GOGGLE, MARVEL, STARE, WONDER
- GREEN: BASIC ELECTRICAL TERMS AC, DC, POWER, VOLTAGE
- BLUE: UNEXPECTED WINNER DARK HORSE, LONG SHOT, SLEEPING, UNDERDOG
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SODA MARKS CRUSHWORTHY, FANTAGRAPHICS, FRESCADE, PEPSINOGEN
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Even as I hit send, I just knew I was falling into a trap, but couldn’t help but connect comic book publishers DC, MARVEL, FANTAGRAPHICS, and DARK HORSE.
Down, down I fell, hook, line and sinker, punished for liking comics instead of more sensational pursuits like reading New York Times.
Had I seen the inspired STARTING WITH SODA BRANDS group it would have made up for this crushing failure, but unfortunately it escaped me – kudos if you saw it.
Moving on, after being fooled, I was a bit afraid to connect AC and DC, but here at least the obvious assumption was also correct.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, April 17, Game #1041)
- YELLOW: vegetable parts PEAR, LEAF, root, stem
- GREEN: FERMENTING COMMON, DOMINANT, GENERAL, POPULAR
- BLUE: PARTS OF A PIANO HAMMER, KEY, PEDAL, STRING
- PURPLE: SECOND HALF OF DRINK NAMES SODA, STORMY, TAN, TONIC
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.
