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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 Friday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday, May 15 (Game #1069).
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.
NEW Connections today (game #1070) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- THERMOSTAT
- PIANO
- GAME
- VIOLIN
- WHISTLE
- FORTS
- ROOTS
- BASSON
- BELFAST
- STONE
- LARGO
- TUMBLER
- THINKING
- NESQUICK
- COUPE
- ALLEGRO
NEW Connections today (game #1070) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Something to drink from
- GREEN: Wandering around without direction
- BLUE: Notes for notes
- PURPLE: Finally being ready
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 #1070) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GLASS
- GREEN: TURN AROUND (WITH)
- BLUE: MUSIC SETUP INSTRUCTIONS
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “ASAP”
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1070) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1070, are…
- YELLOW: GLASS COUPE, FLUTE, STONE, TUMBLER
- GREEN: TURN AROUND (WITH) FIDDLE, MESS, PLAY, TINKER
- BLUE: MUSIC SETUP INSTRUCTIONS ALLEGRO, FORTE, LARGO, PIANO
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “ASAP” BASSUN, BELFAST, NESQUICK, THERMOSTAT
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I resisted connecting the four musical instruments, but still made a few mistakes – although those are the easier ones to take as I was on track and got a “one gone” popup for both.
The first was not knowing what the fourth piece of GLASWARE might be after TUMBLER, FLUTTE and STONE. The next thought that BASSUN rather than PIANO was one of the MUSIC PERFORMANCE DIRECTIONS.
I got there eventually, although on reflection today’s purple group seemed a lot more straightforward than usual. Congratulations if you got it first.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, May 15, Game #1069)
- YELLOW: NAVIGATING THROUGH, LIKE A RIVER CROSS, FORD, TRAVERSE, WADE
- GREEN: MULTI-TIME NBA MVPS BIRD, CURRY, JAMES, JORDAN
- BLUE: NON-PALINDROMIC WORDS IN A KNOWN PALINDROME COULD, ELBA, SAW, VAR
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF THE KIND OF DOGS, FAMILIAR CIAO, PALM, PEEK, PITT
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.
