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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’re looking for Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Thursday, April 30 (Thu #1054).
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 #1055) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- POUR
- WAX
- ALE
- HIVE
- CRETE
- DEAR
- MIX
- COMB
- CHAMOIS
- WEIGHT
- ACACIA
- CITRINE
- SHINE
- BEC
- AMBER
- POLISH
NYT Connections today (game #1055) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Final touch up after car wash
- BLUE: Avian elements
- GREEN: Clearly yellow-orange
- PURPLE: Changed figures
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 #1055) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MAKES IT BRIGHT
- BLUE: CHARACTERISTICS OF A BIRD’S HEAD
- GREEN: TRANSLUCENT GOLDEN THINGS
- PURPLE: NUMBERS WITH CHANGED FIRST LETTER
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1055) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1055 are…
- YELLOW: MAKES IT BRIGHT BUFF, POLISH, GLOSS, WAX
- BLUE: CHARACTERISTICS OF A BIRD’S HEAD BECK, COMB, CREST, CARDBOARD
- GREEN: TRANSLUCENT GOLDEN THINGS ALE, AMBER, CITRINE, HONEY
- PURPLE: NUMBERS WITH CHANGED FIRST LETTER HIVE, MIX, POUR, WIGHT
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
I hope I wasn’t the only player to fall into the bee-related trap, collecting the HIVE, HONEY, WAX and COMB.
This mistake, however, helped me focus on other uses for WAX and its obvious car cleaning companions BUFF, POLISH, and SHINE. Not that the MAKE GLOSSY activity is exclusive to cars: you can also IMPROVE your medal or trophy collection. Something Cristiano Ronaldo undoubtedly employs someone to do on a daily basis.
Meanwhile, I was quite happy to get the FEATURES OF A BIRD’S HEAD – largely thanks to knowing what a WATTLE is (that’s not the start of a tongue twister, by the way).
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday April 30, Thu #1054)
- YELLOW: DENERVATE ALARM, FAULT, SHAKE, SHOCK
- GREEN: DELETE, AS AN ITEM FROM A LIST, WITH “OFF” SHELL, CROSS, MARK, SHELL
- BLUE: WHAT THE “T” COULD REPRESENT TESLA, TIME, TRUE, TYRANNOSAUR
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES TIME, HUR, THERE, NEVER
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.
