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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 18 (Game #1042).
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 #1043) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- MINT
- ARCH
- DUD
- HOLE
- FRESH
- BUST
- KID
- FLOP
- WAIST
- WISE
- RIVER
- SASSY
- TRIP
- LENGTH
- CAP
- HIPS
NEW Connections today (game #1043) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A cheeky personality
- GREEN: Garment construction
- BLUE: Poker terms
- PURPLE: Confectionery ends
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 #1043) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: RUDE
- GREEN: DRESS MEASUREMENTS
- BLUE: CARDS IN TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
- PURPLE: LAST WORD OF CANDY MARKS IN THE SINGULAR
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1043) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1043, are…
- YELLOW: RUDE BUGE, FRESH, KIND, WISE
- GREEN: DRESS MEASUREMENTS BUST, HIPS, LENGTH, WAIST
- BLUE: CARDS IN TEXAS HOLD ‘EM FLOP, HOLE, RIVER, TURN
- PURPLE: LAST WORD OF CANDY MARKS IN THE SINGULAR CAP, DUD, KID, MINT
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Being based in the UK and not familiar with any American products, LAST WORDS OF CANDY BRANDS IN THE SINGULAR went over my head.
However, I managed to avoid the trap of connecting DUD, BUST and FLOP – but only because I couldn’t find another synonym for failure.
Instead, I made the mistake of gathering what became RUDE and chose KID for my first attempt instead of WISE. Other than this, a fairly routine end to the week.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answer (Saturday, April 18, Game #1042)
- YELLOW: WATCH IN AWE GOGGLE, MARVEL, STARE, WONDER
- GREEN: BASIC ELECTRICAL TERMS AC, DC, POWER, VOLTAGE
- BLUE: UNEXPECTED WINNER DARK HORSE, LONG SHOT, SLEEPING, UNDERDOG
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SODA MARKS CRUSHWORTHY, FANTAGRAPHICS, FRESCADE, PEPSINOGEN
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.
