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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 2 (Game #1056).
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 #1057) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- PEACE
- GREEN
- HOUSE
- ACID
- GARAGE
- MUNICIPALITY
- FRENCH
- FINGERS CROSSED
- INDUSTRIAL
- RABBIT EARS
- SEXUAL
- HIPPIE
- SHED
- AIR QUOTATIONS
- FREE LOVE
- PORCH
NEW Connections today (game #1057) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Buildings
- GREEN: Way out, man
- BLUE: Movements for cultural change
- PURPLE: Hand signals
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 #1057) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES
- GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH 1960s COUNTERCULTURE
- BLUE: FAMOUS REVOLUTIONS IN HISTORY
- PURPLE: GESTURE MADE WITH INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1057) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1057, are…
- YELLOW: RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES GARAGE, HOUSE, WOOOO, SHED
- GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH 1960s COUNTERCULTURE ACID, COMMUNE, FREE LOVE, HIPPIE
- BLUE: FAMOUS REVOLUTIONS IN HISTORY FRENCH, GREEN, INDUSTRIAL, SEXUAL
- PURPLE: GESTURE MADE WITH INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS AIR QUOTES, BUNNY EARS, FINGERS CROSSED, PEACE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I absolutely knew I was falling into a trap today, but I couldn’t help but connect ACID, GARAGE, INDUSTRIAL, and HIPPIE as types of house music, even though I was thinking of including GREEN instead of INDUSTRIAL.
With this sounding mistake, I got lucky with a purple first, although initially I had just CROSSED MY EARS AND FINGERS, thinking the group had something to do with luck before I realized I was thinking rabbit feet.
Fortunately, I managed to avoid another mistake by collecting the last groups – although I fleetingly thought that HOUSE, FRENCH and GREEN were all types of dressing.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Saturday, May 2nd, Game #1056)
- BLUE: US CABINET DEPARTMENTS EDUCATION, INTERIOR, STATE, TAX
- GREEN: Staged performances BALLET, MUSICAL, OPERA, PLAY
- YELLOW: CLAIRVOYANT EXTRASENSORY, MENTAL, PSYCHIC, TELEPATHIC
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES GLOBE ROTTER, HERALDRY, POST-IT, BOARD
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.
