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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, March 28 (Game #1021).
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 #1022) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- GRAFFITI
- RECEIPT
- STRETCH
- HUSTLE
- PSYCHO
- ROBOT
- BEAUTY
- STENCIL
- POSTER
- CORPS
- TWIST
- QUESTION
- CHECK
- MASHED POTATOES
- ROAD MILLIONS
- COUP
NEW Connections today (game #1022) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Urban art formats
- GREEN: Boogie back then
- BLUE: Perfect silence
- PURPLE: Add Zuckerberg’s first name
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 #1022) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PICTURES ARE SEEN ON THE STREET
- GREEN: RETRO DANCE JOY
- BLUE: QUIET “p”
- PURPLE: ___ BRAND
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1022) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1022, are…
- YELLOW: PICTURES ARE SEEN ON THE STREET GRAFFITI, MURAL, POSTER, STENCIL
- GREEN: RETRO DANCE JOY HUSTLE, MASHED POTATO, ROBOT, TWIST
- BLUE: QUIET “p” CORPS, COUP, PSYCHO, RECEIPT
- PURPLE: ___ BRAND BEAUTY, CHECK, QUESTION, STRETCH
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
This was a very rare game for me when I saw all the groups at once.
That said, I had a slight question mark about the dance fads – of course I knew HUSTLE, MASHED POTATO and TWIST, but I thought ROBOT might be a trick as it seemed to belong in the 21st century, while the others were popular back in the 1960s and 1970s. PSYCHO sounded like a possibility.
Instead, I put it aside and presented the two groups I was sure of. I was convinced that one of them would be the purple group, but unfortunately I chose SILENT “p” over ____ MARK. It feels like a missed opportunity to take another “purple first”.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Saturday, March 28, Game #1021)
- YELLOW: GET ON AS A VEHICLE TABLE, PLACE, IN, ASSEMBLY
- GREEN: QUANTITIES IN MECHANICS ACCELERATION, FORCE, MASS, MOMENTUM
- BLUE: TEXTBOOK PICTURES FIGURE, ILLUSTRATION, PICTURE, PLATE
- PURPLE: _____ PLANT FACE, PITCHER, POWER, ROBERT
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.
