Looking for a different day?
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 Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Tuesday, April 28 (Game #1052).
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.
The article continues below
NEW Connections today (game #1053) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- ROUND
- SHADE
- RUMBLE
- ORDERS
- OVATION
- SOCK
- HAND
- ROLL
- CLAP
- JOKE
- BOM
- STAGE
- LEVEL
- CORD
- ROOM
- PHASE
NEW Connections today (game #1053) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Next chapter in the process
- GREEN: Goes with lightning
- BLUE: Kermit is one of these
- PURPLE: Begin with the opposite of sitting
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 #1053) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STEPS IN A PROCESS
- GREEN: SOUNDS LIKE THUNDER
- BLUE: KIND OF DOLLS
- PURPLE: STANDING ___
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1053) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1053, are…
- YELLOW: STEPS IN A PROCESS LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, STAGE
- GREEN: SOUNDS LIKE THUNDER BOOM, CLAP, ROLL, RUMBLE
- BLUE: KIND OF DOLLS HAND, SHADOW, SOCK, STRING
- PURPLE: STANDING ___ JOKE, ORDER, OVATION, ROOM
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I bet with my first guess. The word OVATION I have only ever seen associated with the word standing and ROOM made sense in relation to the phrase “standing room only”, but I was less sure about ORDERS and JOKE.
Fortunately, the gamble paid off and I was rewarded with a purple first.
Not that I was too quick to go on a victory lap, as I completely missed the second-hardest/blue group KINDS OF PUPPETS and came very close to putting together a boxing-related group — SOCK, SHADOW, RUMBLE — before handing over the four pieces that SOUNDED LIKE THUNDER.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Tuesday, April 28, Game #1052)
- YELLOW: CONNECTION APPEAL, BID, CALL, REQUEST
- GREEN: LIQUID DAY VERB DRY, fold, sort, wash
- BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN “BOOKS” CHECK, COUPON, MATCH, STAMP
- PURPLE: SUN_____ DIAL, FLOWER, SCREEN, DYEED
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.
