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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, May 29 (Game #1083).
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.
What are you going to do when you’re done? Why, play some more puns of course. I also have daily Strands Hints and Answers and Quordle Hints and Answers articles if you need help with those too, while Marc’s Wordle Today page covers the original viral pun.
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 #1084) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- LUCID
- WITCHCRAFT
- IMPOSSIBLE
- HEALTHY
- TUBE
- FEVER
- RIGHT
- SORRY
- CLEAR
- RISE
- NEVER
- TILDE
- GIGI
- NO WAY
- CARET
- VOLARE
NEW Connections today (game #1084) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Rejection response
- GREEN: Solid response
- BLUE: Punctuation marks
- PURPLE: Hits from 1959
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 #1084) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “IN YOUR DREAMS”
- GREEN: PERFECT
- BLUE: TYPOGRAPHICAL SYMBOLS
- PURPLE: SONG OF THE YEAR NOMINATED AT THE FIRST GRAMMY AWARDS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1084) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1084, are…
- YELLOW: “IN YOUR DREAMS” IMPOSSIBLE, NEVER, NO WAY, SORRY
- GREEN: PERFECT CLEAR, LUCID, RIGHT, SOUND
- BLUE: TYPOGRAPHICAL SYMBOLS LADDER, CARET, PIPE, TILDE
- PURPLE: SONG OF THE YEAR NOMINATED AT THE FIRST GRAMMY AWARDS
- FEVER, GIGI, VOLARE, HYLDRE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I really thought my job could help me get a purple one today. Alas, there was an even tougher group than the selection of four TYPOGRAPHICAL SYMBOLS.
I thought it was hard, but getting the purple group took three guesses – even though I only had eight tiles left after plugging in SENSIBLE.
FEVER and VOLARE I knew as hits from the crooning era, but I was unsure about the other two and included IMPOSSIBLE in the mix (I think I was thinking of The impossible dream by Andy Williams) before they finally got the right four.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, May 29, Game #1083)
- YELLOW: OCEANS ARCTIC, ATLANTIC, INDIAN, PACIFIC
- GREEN: SOURCES OF PECULIAR ODORS AMMONIA, BO, DURIAN, WET DOG
- BLUE: SHAPE OF ROOMS IN A PEARL HOUSE BILLIARDS, DRAWING, POWDER, READING
- PURPLE: WHAT “PA” MAY REFER TO FATHER, PENNSYLVANIA, PROTACTINIUM, PUBLIC ADDRESS
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.
