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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 Wednesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Wednesday, April 8 (Game #1032).
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 #1033) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- RAM
- JACK
- TEAR
- GOAT
- BLUE
- AG
- CREAM
- LOW
- FISH
- DOWN
- DARK
- DRESS UP
- QUIET
- RUB
- ARCHER
- BALM
NEW Connections today (game #1033) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Moods
- GREEN: Lotions
- BLUE: Horoscope icons
- PURPLE: Pump it up
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 #1033) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MYSTERIOUS
- GREEN: OINTMENT
- BLUE: SYMBOLS IN THE STAR NET
- PURPLE: MUSCULAR, MINUS “ED” SOUND
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1033) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1033, are…
- YELLOW: MYSTERIOUS BLUE, DARK, DOWN, LOW
- GREEN: OINTMENT BALM, CREAM, PASTA, RUB
- BLUE: CONSTELLATION SYMBOLS Archer, FISH, GOAT, RAM
- PURPLE: MUSCULAR, MINUS “ED” SOUND JACK, RIP, SHRED, YOKE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
My mistake came in trying to get the right four tiles for OINTMENT including YOKE because at the time I thought it was about things in the weird midway between solid and liquid.
I also managed to spend quite a bit of time debating whether to commit to a cheese group with JACK, BLUE, GOAT and CREAM.
I managed to resist the temptation of a cheesy group after deciding that ARCHER and GOAT should belong together in a group of ZODIAC SYMBOLS along with my zodiac sign ARIES for Aries and PISCES for Pisces.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Wednesday, April 8, Game #1032)
- YELLOW: COHORT MEMBER ASSOCIATED, COLLEAGUE, fellow, PEER
- GREEN: AESTHETIC DESIGN, LOOK, SHAPE, STYLE
- BLUE: TYPE OF BARA APPARATUS MONKEY, PARALLEL, PULL-UP, UNEVEN
- PURPLE: GLASSES IN SINGULAR CONTACT, GOGGLE, SHADOW, SHADOW
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.
