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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 Friday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Friday, March 6 (Game #999).
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 (set #1000) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- A
- YOU
- SAND
- [CONNECTIONS LOGO]
- NEW
- DATING APP
- BACHELOR
- ROMEO
- MALE
- ART
- BOUNCING
- AIRPORT
- WHITE
- FOR WHAT
- CYBER CAFE
- DOLLAR
NYT Connections today (game #1000) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Single monetary unit
- GREEN: Capulets and Montagues phrase
- BLUE: Pass by a medieval building
- PURPLE: Places to join
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 #1000) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: $1
- GREEN: “Why are you Romeo?”
- BLUE: WORDS BEFORE “CASTLE”
- PURPLE: WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A CONNECTION
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1000) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1000 are…
- YELLOW: $1 BUCK, DOLLAR, ONE, SINGLE
- GREEN: “Why are you Romeo? » ART, ROMEO, YOU, WHY
- BLUE: WORDS BEFORE “CASTLE” BOUNCING, NEW, SAND, WHITE
- PURPLE: WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A CONNECTION AIRPORT, DATING APP, INTERNET CAFE, THIS GAME
- My rating: Moderate
- My rating: Perfect
Happy 1000th Birthday, Connections! Yes, everyone’s favorite daily group puzzle is celebrating its big milestone today, and inevitably, the New York Times marked the occasion with a reference to the board.
It wasn’t exactly cryptic either, with ONE, THOU, SAND and then an image of the Connections logo along the top row.
Resisting the urge to place them together, I instead matched ONE with SINGLE, BUCK, and DOLLAR to form the yellow $1 group. “Why are you Romeo?” was another easy question, especially because WHY and YOU immediately stood out as archaic words.
I felt like DATING APP and INTERNET CAFE could go very well together as examples of “internet age things” or the like, but I couldn’t think of two other options there, so I looked elsewhere.
Instead, I decided that SAND and BOUNCY could be in a group of WORDS BEFORE “CASTLE”, and they were. NEW also made sense, but WHITE remained a mystery to me until I then looked it up and found out it’s an American restaurant chain. Thanks for keeping it global, NYT.
I was still a little perplexed as to what the remaining purple group would be – WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A CONNECTION makes sense in hindsight, although I’m not sure INTERNET CAFE quite fits. And do they still exist today?
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday March 6, match #999)
- YELLOW: FREELOADER BLOODBLOOD, MOOCH, PARASITE, SPONGE
- GREEN: CONCEALING COVER BLANKET, COAT, CURTAIN, DIAPER
- BLUE: WAYS TO REFER TO # HASH, NUMBER, BOOK, SHARP
- PURPLE: WORDS FOR LUCIDITY, IN THE SINGULAR FACULTY, MARBLE, SENSE, SPIRIT
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.
