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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 Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Tuesday, May 12 (Game #1066).
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.
NEW Connections today (game #1067) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- BEAN
- CROP
- GRINDER
- DONUTS
- GROUND
- ADAPT
- ROLL
- FILTERS
- SUB
- CAUSE
- BELLY
- BASIS
- QUITE
- ARGUMENT
- MARKUP
- HOAGIE
NEW Connections today (game #1067) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A meal in two halves
- GREEN: Reason to do something
- BLUE: Change your pictures
- PURPLE: Start with a word that rhymes with “smelly”
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 #1067) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LONG SANDWICH
- GREEN: SUBTEXT
- BLUE: SMARTPHONE PHOTO EDITING OPTIONS
- PURPLE: YELLOW_____
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1067) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1067, are…
- YELLOW: LONG SANDWICH GRINDER, HERO, HOAGIE, SUB
- GREEN: SUBTEXT ARGUMENT, BASIS, REASON, JUSTIFICATION
- BLUE: SMARTPHONE PHOTO EDITING OPTIONS ADJUST, CROP, FILTER, MARKUP
- PURPLE: YELLOW_____ BEANS, STOMACH, DONUT, ROLL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I made two mistakes today that are typical of me – the first was falling into a very obvious trap, the second was cultural ignorance.
I really should have stopped because of the plural/singular mix-up, but I found myself unable to resist linking the coffee-related tiles of BEANS, KWINNER, GROUND and FILTERS.
Next, I completely overlooked GRINDER, because it’s not a sandwich term I’m familiar with, and got into ROLL instead.
My saving grace was that I’m American culturally aware enough to get today’s purple group, including the JELLY DONUT, something we in the UK would call a jam doughnut.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Tuesday, May 12, Game #1066)
- YELLOW: ESSENTIAL BOOK OPUS, TOME, VOLUME, WORK
- GREEN: “HOLY” CITIES MONICA, PAULO, PETERSBURG, SALVADOR
- BLUE: “LONG” THINGS DISTANCE, DIVISION, JOHNS, WEEKEND
- PURPLE: CURRENCY PLUS A LETTER FRANCI, RANDO, REALM, WONK
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.
