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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 Monday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Monday, April 13 (Game #1037).
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 #1038) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- ROUND
- LIST
- MASON
- BOOKMARK
- COOKIE
- LANCE
- BELL
- WAY
- TIP
- GLOVES
- STYLE
- CACHE
- RING
- PITCH
- HISTORY
- LEAN
NEW Connections today (game #1038) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Common on Chrome and Safari
- GREEN: Fight talk
- BLUE: Slight wobble
- PURPLE: Start with a word at no cost
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 #1038) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THINGS HIDDEN BY A BROWSER
- GREEN: BOXING TERMS
- BLUE: TILT
- PURPLE: FREE____
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1038) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1038, are…
- YELLOW: THINGS HIDDEN BY A BROWSER BOOKMARK, CACHE, COOKIE, HISTORY
- GREEN: BOXING TERMS WATCH, GLOVES, RING, ROUND
- BLUE: TILT LEAN, LIST, PITCH, TIP
- PURPLE: FREE____ LANCE, MASON, STYLE, MANNER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
My long wait for another “Purple First” is finally over.
It was the word LANCE that set me off as it immediately made me think of the toil and hardship of being a freelancer and I quickly spotted the other words that made it work. Happy days!
After this great start, I followed up with TILT and then the group, which I really should have gotten first since I spend most of my life using all four of these THINGS SAVED BY A BROWSER.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Monday, April 13, Game #1037)
- YELLOW: SET OUTSIDE A THEATER BOX, MARQUEE, TICKET LINE, VELVET ROPE
- GREEN: ACCESSORIES FOR A MAGICIAN CAPE, MAPLE DRY, MAGIC PIPE, RABBIT
- BLUE: TV SERIES TITLE SURNAMES HOUSE, LASSO, MONTANA, SOPRAN
- PURPLE: THEY HAVE A CAP BASEBALL PLAYER, CAMERA LENS, SPONGE, PEN
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.
