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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 Saturday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Saturday, April 11 (Game #1035).
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 #1036) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- FLY
- PAPER
- TAKE
- CAST
- TROLL
- PROJECT
- ANGLE
- SHED
- POSITION
- RUSSIAN
- THE CUFF
- CLOTH
- JET
- STANCE
- BELT LOOP
NEW Connections today (game #1036) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Pants elements
- GREEN: How to see it
- BLUE: Let it shine
- PURPLE: Add the word for a humanoid toy
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 #1036) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TROUSERS FUNCTIONS
- GREEN: PERSPECTIVE
- BLUE: EMIT
- PURPLE: _____DOLL
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1036) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1036, are…
- YELLOW: TROUSERS FUNCTIONS BELT LOOP, CUFF, FLY, POCKET
- GREEN: PERSPECTIVE ANGLE, POSITION, STANDING, ROOF
- BLUE: EMIT CASTING, PROJECT, BEAM, SHED
- PURPLE: _____DUKE PAPER, RAG, RUSSIAN, TROLL
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I managed to make zero mistakes in this game, but I came close to putting together a few groups that didn’t make it to the final four.
The first was to connect FLY, CAST, ANGLE and TROLL as they were all terms associated with fishing and the second was a group about being mean to someone that would include RAG, TROLL and CUFF. Fortunately, I didn’t have enough confidence to follow any of the ideas.
Instead, PANT FEATURES seemed like an obvious choice, although I dropped CUFF and from there the other groups fell into place nicely – as they often do when you complete this game on difficulty.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Saturday, April 11, Game #1035)
- BLUE: STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS BEAM, LADDER, COLUMN, STRUT
- YELLOW: FOUND IN THE BLOCK OF A CAR ICE CRABS, CRACKERS, JUMPER CABLES, SPARE TIRES
- GREEN: ALLEYS ANGEL, CHAMPION, MATRON, SPONSOR
- PURPLE: END IN WATER BOMBAY, CHELSEA, SCREWDRIVER, SNOWBLOW
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.
