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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, May 30 (Game #1084).
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 #1085) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- BUTTER
- SALT
- BEEF
- PAUSE
- JACK
- SOFT
- BACKBONE
- RUBBER DUCK
- TAR
- RACK
- SCHOOL BUS
- Pikachu
- SEA DOG
- SASH
- CUE
NEW Connections today (game #1085) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Connected by a primary color
- GREEN: Sports played on a covered table
- BLUE: Seafaring people
- PURPLE: Wood plus one
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 #1085) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW
- GREEN: BILLIARDS TERMS
- BLUE: SNAKE FOR A SEAMAN
- PURPLE: WOOD VARIETIES PLUS “S”
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1085) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1085, are…
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW BUTTER, PIKACHU, RUBBER DUCK, SCHOOL BUS
- GREEN: BILLIARDS TERMS BREAK, CUE, POCKET, RACK
- BLUE: SNAKE FOR A SEAMAN JACK, SALT, SEA DOG, TAR
- PURPLE: WOOD VARIETIES PLUS “S” STEAK, STEAK, STEAK
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
First, kudos to all those who spotted KINDS OF WOOD PLUS “S” – unfortunately I wasn’t among you, but I let out a groan after the connection was revealed.
My mistakes today came from almost being on track. At first I thought there was a group about pirates, then included SASH along with JACK, TAR and SEA DOG – so with one gone I thought the connection was drunken sailors.
Wisely, I left this group to concentrate on the much more given THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW and BILLIARD TERMS.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Saturday, May 30, Game #1084)
- 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
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 is a little 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.
