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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 5 (Game #1059).
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 #1060) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
[NB: you’re going to need to look at the image above for this one]
- [two parallel horizontal lines]
- [nine small rectangles arranged in two rows]
- [two squares, each containing a circle in the centre]
- [a square with two smaller squares in the top right corner, each containing a rectangle]
- [a rectangle containing three smaller rectangles, the left and right of which contain a circle]
- [A circle containing four smaller circles]
- [A circle containing three smaller circles]
- [A circle]
- [10 small circles arranged in a triangle]
- [two parallel vertical lines]
- [five rectangles arranged in an overlapping fan]
- [two circles linked by a long oval, above another one]
- [Er… it looks like a sled?]
- [piles of circles]
- [A single horizontal line]
- [Two vertical lines close to each other on the left, and the same on the right]
NEW Connections today (game #1060) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Seen in a gambling environment
- GREEN: How to keep things together
- BLUE: Spot where you get strikes and spare parts
- PURPLE: Put them on a pole
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 #1060) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FOUND IN A CASINO
- GREEN: WAYS TO FIX THINGS
- BLUE: SET IN A BOWLING ALLEY
- PURPLE: FLAG DESIGN
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1060) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1060, are…
- YELLOW: FOUND IN A CASINO CARDS, CHIPS, DICE, GAME MACHINE
- GREEN: WAYS TO FIX THINGS BUCKLES, BUTTONS, SNARES, ZIPPERS
- BLUE: SET IN A BOWLING ALLEY BOWLING BALL, BOWLING STICKS, LANE, SCORECARD
- PURPLE: FLAG DESIGN CIRCLE, HORIZONTAL TRISECTION, HORIZONTAL TRISECTION, VERTICAL TRISECTION
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
As is the case when Connection does something different, my first reaction is discombobulation. However, experience has taught me to pause and look closely, because often games like this turn out to be the simplest of all.
It was almost like that today. I saw the flags immediately, but missed the tile with a plain circle indicating Japan to begin with – and chose what were supposed to be bowling alleys.
Just an error and a purple first from a confusing set of pictograms. I’m quite happy with that to be honest. Hope you have seen the threads too.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Tuesday, May 5, Game #1059)
- YELLOW: GLITTER FLICKER, HINT, SUGGESTION, AIR
- GREEN: VOLUNTARY ACTIONS BLINK, HICCUP, GIVE, SNEEZE
- BLUE: KIND OF KNOB BEND, BOWLINE, HITCH, SHEEPSHANK
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH UNITS IN COMPETITIONS GAMELAN, MATCHSTICK, POINTER, BACK
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.
