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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 8 (Game #1001).
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 #1002) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- CUP
- VIDEO GAME
- werewolf
- MICROSCOPE
- MAFIA
- WAREHOUSE
- FISHBOW
- ANIMAL
- SHOWING LIGHT
- BUSINESS
- GONZO
- MOBILE
- STREET GROUP E
- HOT SEAT
- FOR WHAT
- FOZZIE
NYT Connections today (game #1002) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Where are you, where?
- GREEN: Are you looking at me?
- BLUE: It’s time to play some music, it’s time to turn on the lights…
- PURPLE: Who is responsible?
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 #1002) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: START WITH THE SAME SOUND, SOUNDED DIFFERENTLY
- GREEN: METAPHORS FOR PUBLIC EXAMINATION
- BLUE: MUPPETS
- PURPLE: THEY HAVE A BOSS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1002) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1002 are…
- YELLOW: START WITH THE SAME SOUND, SOUNDED DIFFERENTLY WAREHOUSE, LAPTOP, WEREWOLF, WHY
- GREEN: METAPHORS FOR PUBLIC CONTROL FISH BOWL, WARM SEAT, MICROSCOPE, PROJECTOR
- BLUE: MUPPETS ANIMAL, BEAKER, FOZZIE, GONZO
- VIOLET: THEY HAVE A BOSS BUSINESS, E STREET BAND, MAFIA, VIDEO GAME
- My rating: Moderate
- My rating: 1 error
The second I saw E Street Band among the answers today, I knew I had to play it first. I’m a huge Bruce Springsteen fan – he’s by far the greatest live artist I’ve ever seen – and the legendary E Street Band is an integral part of that. The obvious connection was “boss” (because Springsteen is of course “The Boss”), and that fits well with MAFIA, HOT SEAT, and COMPANY as things that all have a boss. But it was wrong. Just “one at a time”, but that’s still wrong.
Rather than risk another mistake, I looked away and realized there were four Muppets on set: FOZZIE, GONZO, ANIMAL and BEAKER. I don’t like the Muppets as much as the E Street Band, but there’s not much to it; ANIMAL would actually be a great addition.
I was surprised to see that this was the blue group, given that it was a fairly easy group, so I was confident that I would now be able to solve them all. Saying the remaining words gave me yellow, STARTING WITH THE SAME SOUND, SPENTED DIFFERENTLY.
Then I noticed that FISHBOWL, SPOTLIGHT, MICROSCOPE and HOT SEAT all seemed to go together as “being the center of something”. It was – the real answer was METAPHORS FOR PUBLIC EXAMINATION – but I hadn’t guessed it yet, because I wanted to solve the E Street Band one.
Instead, I looked again at the other four words that must go together, namely MAFIA, E STREET BAND, VIDEO GAME and COMPANY and realized that VIDEO GAMES also often have a boss (as in “boss fight”), so I guessed it and got the purple one. And now I’m going to go listen The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle for the 1 billionth time!
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday March 8, match #1001)
- YELLOW: CITIES LIMA, NICE, OSAKA, PHOENIX
- GREEN: PALINDROMES EYE, REFER, ROTATOR, SELES
- BLUE: HORROR FILMS LESS “S” GREMLIN, JAW, SINNER, TRAKE
- PURPLE: START WITH SLANG FOR ZERO JACKET, NADAL, SQUATTER, ZIPPER
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.
