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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 3rd (Game #1027).
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 #1028) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- BAND
- MASK
- SARE
- LIE
- BLUFF
- BOOT
- SPIT
- SHELL
- LET
- POINT
- BASIS
- COVER
- SLEEP
- SCREEN
- SUMMER
- DOGS
NEW Connections today (game #1028) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Say what you see
- GREEN: A little hidden
- BLUE: Geography by the sea
- PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “lamp”
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 #1028) – hint #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “LEAVE SLEEPING DOGS LYING”
- GREEN: OBSCURE
- BLUE: COASTAL LANDFORMS
- PURPLE: ____ CAMP
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1028) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1028, are…
- YELLOW: “LEAVE SLEEPING DOGS LYING” DOGS, LEAVE, LEAVE, SLEEP
- GREEN: OBSCURE COVER, MASK, SCREEN, SCREEN
- BLUE: COASTAL LANDFORMS BLUFF, CAPE, POINT, SPIT
- PURPLE: ____ CAMP BAND, BASE, BOOTS, SUMMER
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Am I the only person who really doesn’t like it when the four tiles form the name of the category like today’s yellow group “LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE” with its tiles LET, SLEEPING, DOGS, and LIE? My reason is that Connections will often tease us with groups like this that seem obvious, but when you post them, they’re just a ploy to trick us into a mistake.
Sorry, I’m going to pull my neck in now.
Annoyances aside, this was a relatively straightforward game – probably down to the one big red herring that wasn’t actually a red herring, obscuring the distribution of all other red herrings.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, April 3rd, Game #1027)
- YELLOW: CATTYD MEDIUM, SMALL, SMALL, CUT
- GREEN: HANKER (FOR) JONES, LONG, LIGHT, THIRSTY
- BLUE: COCKTAIL GLASSES COLLINS, HURRICANE, ROCKS, ZOMBIES
- PURPLE: ____ CONTROL CRUISE, DAMAGE, GROUND, MISSION
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.
