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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 1st (Game #1055).
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 #1056) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- POST IT
- TREASURY
- HERALDRY
- GAME
- INTERNAL
- MUSICAL
- MENTAL
- STATE
- TABLE
- EDUCATION
- OPERA
- PSYCHIC
- EXTRASENSORY
- GLOBE ROATS
- TELEPATHIC
- BALLET
NEW Connections today (game #1056) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- BLUE: Government Sections
- GREEN: Theater productions
- YELLOW: They can see the past
- PURPLE: Beginning with broadsheet titles
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 #1056) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- BLUE: US CABINET DEPARTMENTS
- GREEN: Staged performances
- YELLOW: CLAIRVOYANT
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1056) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1056, are…
- BLUE: US CABINET DEPARTMENTS EDUCATION, INTERIOR, STATE, TAX
- GREEN: Staged performances BALLET, MUSICAL, OPERA, PLAY
- YELLOW: CLAIRVOYANT EXTRASENSORY, MENTAL, PSYCHIC, TELEPATHIC
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES GLOBE ROTTER, HERALDRY, POST-IT, BOARD
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
POST-IT was the big odd-sounding tile-out in this game, and my first thought was that the word note could also apply to MUSICAL.
But after failing to see anything else, I gave up on this thread and decided to POST-IT it on a wall somewhere I could forget about it.
I managed to connect the blue group of US CABINET DEPARTMENTS, not through any knowledge of the US government, but because they all sounded very official and serious.
Fortunately, this opened up the rest of the game and made it easier to see STAGED PERFORMANCES and CLAIRVOYANT.
With three groups down I was put out of my misery and although STARTING WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES is a clever connection, Globe and Herald are uncommon newspaper titles in the UK so I can forgive myself for missing it.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, May 1st, Game #1055)
- YELLOW: SHINE BUFF, POLISH, SHINE, WAX
- BLUE: CHARACTERISTICS OF A BIRD’S HEAD BEAK, COMB, CREST, WATTLE
- GREEN: GOLDEN THINGS BEER, AMBER, CITRINE, HONEY
- PURPLE: NUMBER WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED HIVE, MIX, POUR, WEIGHT
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.
