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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 March 27th (Game #1020).
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 #1021) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- JUG
- BOARD
- FIGURE
- FACE
- FORCE
- PLATE
- POWER
- PICTURE
- ASSEMBLY
- LOT
- ENTER
- MOMENTUM
- ILLUSTRATION
- ACCELERATION
- INITIATE
- ROBERT
NEW Connections today (game #1021) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Getting on transport
- GREEN: Mechanical terms
- BLUE: Visual display formats
- PURPLE: Add a word containing “ant”
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 #1021) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GET ON AS A VEHICLE
- GREEN: QUANTITIES IN MECHANICS
- BLUE: TEXTBOOK PICTURES
- PURPLE: _____ PLANT
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1021) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1021, are…
- YELLOW: GET ON AS A VEHICLE TABLE, PLACE, IN, ASSEMBLY
- GREEN: QUANTITIES IN MECHANICS ACCELERATION, FORCE, MASS, MOMENTUM
- BLUE: TEXTBOOK PICTURES FIGURE, ILLUSTRATION, PICTURE, PLATE
- PURPLE: _____ PLANT FACE, PITCHER, POWER, ROBERT
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I saw no threads when I started today’s game, but slowly the fog of confusion parted and I eventually finished it – but not before making a few mistakes
My first mistake was to think that PLATE and PICTURE indicated a group associated with baseball; with low knowledge on this subject I added MOUNT and BOARD.
Shifted Focus I made another mistake by adding ENTER instead of FORCE to what should be QUANTITIES IN MECHANICS, where ‘one away’ helped me see the true context.
From here it was plain sailing, although I’m ashamed I didn’t spot ___ PLANT. Thanks if you did, but the musical last name I associate with ROBERT is Smith, not the guy from Led Zeppelin.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, March 27, Game #1020)
- YELLOW: WHAT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO BASIC FACTS, BOTTOM LINE, BRASS TACKS, NITTY-GRITTY
- GREEN: FUNCTIONS IN AN AIRPORT TERMINAL BAGGAGE REQUIREMENT, DUTY FREE, FOOD, TICKET COUNTER
- BLUE: THINGS THAT ARE ORANGE GOLDFISH CRACKER, MONARCH BUTTERFLY, THE LORAX, TRAFFIC COOKER
- PURPLE: END WITH WORD FOR CELLULAR CONNECTION LIP SERVICE, MONKEY BEARERS, BLYMPEL, WEDDING RECEPTION
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.
