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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 Monday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Monday, March 23 (Thu #1016).
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 (game #1017) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- WEAK
- WIND
- FOOD
- CAKE
- ROW
- FIRE
- RING
- BASE
- BOW
- SOW
- MEAN
- KISS
- TOW
- WISH
- DUMP
- VIL
NYT Connections today (game #1017) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Undesirable
- GREEN: As seen during a ceremony
- BLUE: Vehicle types
- PURPLE: Two meanings
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 #1017) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: contemptible
- GREEN: CHARACTERISTICS OF A WEDDING
- BLUE: TRUCK TYPES
- PURPLE: HETERONYMS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1017) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1017 are…
- YELLOW: contemptible BASIC, LOW, MEDIUM, VILE
- GREEN: CHARACTERISTICS OF A WEDDING CAKE, KISS, RING, WISH
- BLUE: TRUCK TYPES DISCHARGE, FIRE, FOOD, TOWING
- PURPLE: HETERONYMS BOW, ROW, SORT, WIND
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
My mistake was thinking that BASE, LOW, VILE and DUMP were descriptions of undesirable places.
After getting “one”, I replaced DUMP with MEAN and completed the rest of the game.
Congratulations if you’ve seen HETERONYMS, which I’m sure are words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently – to celebrate you could desert a dessert to a desert. Hmmm…I’m not sure that’s true.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday March 23, Thu #1016)
- YELLOW: PRINCIPAL DECENT, HONEST, MORAL, STANDING
- GREEN: GAME-CHANGING INVENTIONS BULB, PRINTING PRESS, SLICED BREAD, WHEEL
- BLUE: “VIRGIN” THINGS MARIE, MOCKTAIL, OLIVE OIL, VIRGIN
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH HOMOPHONES ON NICKNAMES BRAIN STEW, BROCCOLI RABE, JUNGLE GYM, OPEN MIC
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.
