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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Sunday, March 1 (Game #994).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the clever word game from the New York Times that challenges you to group answers into different categories. This can be difficult, so read on if you need tips on connections.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #995) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SPRING
- RANK
- RUBBER
- BALL
- JUMP
- ON
- FUNKY
- MISTAKE
- STATION
- STRIKE
- POPCORN
- BEAM
- HORSE
- STANDING
- RINGS
- POSITION
NYT Connections today (game #995) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Simone Biles’ equipment
- GREEN: Your rating
- BLUE: Referee decisions
- PURPLE: Add a word of poultry
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections today (game #995) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GYMNASTIC EQUIPMENT
- GREEN: STATUS
- BLUE: BASEBALL CALLS
- PURPLE: ______CHICKEN
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #995) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #995 are…
- YELLOW: GYMNASTIC EQUIPMENT BEAM, HORSE, RINGS, ARCH
- GREEN: STATUS POSITION, ROW, STANDING, STATION
- BLUE: BASEBALL CALLS BALL, FOUL, SAFETY, STRIKE
- PURPLE: ______CHICKEN FUNKY, POPCORN, RUBBER, SPRING
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
This was only the 27th time I’ve gotten purple first in the last year, so it’s not the greatest of stats – but since I achieve it so rarely, it’s always a treat.
Today I connected FUNKY, POPCORN, RUBBER and SPRING with little confidence: does the funky chicken exist, I wondered, isn’t it a gibbon? Or a pigeon?
YELLOW came next, although I almost made a mistake, initially including BALL instead of HORSE, but then I remembered that HORSE is a piece of gymnastics equipment and everything fell into place.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday March 1, match #994)
- YELLOW: SMALL BITE CANAPÉ, FINGER FOOD, HORS D’OEUVRE, TAPA
- GREEN: CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT PROTECTIVE HELMET, LADDER, NAIL GUN, TOOL BELT
- BLUE: HOLIDAY EMOJI PLANE, LUGGAGE, PALM TREE, SMILE FACE WITH SUNGLASSES
- PURPLE: THINGS YOU WON’T EAT THAT END IN FOOD COPYPASTA, JOHANNESBURGER, KNUCKLE SANDWICH, LICORICE PIZZA
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 difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little more difficult, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the final question, as you will be able to answer it through a process of elimination. Additionally, you can make up to four mistakes, giving you some breathing room.
However, it’s a bit more complex than something like Wordle, and the game provides plenty of opportunities to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that could obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games website on computer or mobile.
