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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 15 (Thu #1008).
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.
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NYT Connections today (set #1009) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- ALL RIGHT
- LAZY
- ANY
- TWO
- ANGER
- TRAFFIC
- PRIDE
- ENVY
- CARTERWIGHT
- MOLASSES
- TO STRUGGLE AGAINST
- PACK
- POD
- EMMY
- HERD
- GLACIER
NYT Connections today (game #1009) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Names of collective beasts
- GREEN: The opposite of fast
- BLUE: Contains a letter you can’t hear
- PURPLE: American homophones
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 #1009) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: NAMES OF ANIMAL GROUPS
- GREEN: THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH SLOW
- BLUE: “W” SILENCER
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT ARE LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1009) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1009 are…
- YELLOW: NAMES OF ANIMAL GROUPS GAGGLE, PACK, POD, PRIDE
- GREEN: THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH SLOW GLACIER, MOLASSES, LAZINESS, TRAFFIC
- BLUE: “W” SILENCER CARTWRIGHT, TWO, ANGER, FIGHT
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT ARE LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS EVERYTHING, EMMY, ENVY, OK
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
As is often the case when I get the purple group first, it was by luck rather than design because the link I saw were two-syllable words – but kudos if you knew they were WORDS THAT ARE LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS.
The animal group names seemed simple enough, aside from a slight hesitation about GAGGLE, which is the collective name for a collection of geese.
On the subject of geese, I had to try to explain the British class system to someone the other day and my explanation was: ducks are working class, geese are middle class and swans are upper class. It kind of works, the swans really think they are the lords of the manor, the geese like to take over places that once belonged to the ducks and the ducks are taken for granted.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday March 15, match #1008)
- YELLOW: CONTINUE DOG, SHADOW, TAIL, TRACK
- GREEN: SPORTY FAIR, HONEST, SPORTING, SQUARE
- BLUE: CLASSIC GIFTS FOR CHILDREN BIKE, BOOK, TOY, VIDEO GAME
- PURPLE: TITLES “____ GIRL” GONE, GOSSIP, NEW, WORK
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.
