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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, May 14 (Thu #1068).
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 #1069) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SAW
- JORDAN
- CROSS
- PITT
- ELBE
- PALM
- CIAO
- FORD
- WADE
- BIRD
- WAS
- CURRY
- JACQUES
- AT A GLANCE
- ABLE
- TO CROSS
NYT Connections today (game #1069) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Navigate a waterway
- GREEN: Basketball legends
- BLUE: Back-to-back pairs
- PURPLE: Canine Similarities
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 #1069) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SAIL ACROSS LIKE A RIVER
- GREEN: MULTI-TIME NBA MVPS
- BLUE: NON-PALINDROMIC WORDS IN A FAMOUS PALINDROME
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF DOG TYPES, FAMILIAR
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1069) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1069 are…
- YELLOW: SAIL ACROSS LIKE A RIVER CROSS, FORD, CROSS, WADE
- GREEN: MULTI-TIME NBA MVPS BIRD, CURRY, JAMES, JORDAN
- BLUE: NON-PALINDROMIC WORDS IN A FAMOUS PALINDROME ABLE, ELBE, SAW, WAS
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF DOG TYPES, FAMILIAR CIAO, PALM TREE, PEEK, PITT
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
I spotted five last names of basketball legends among today’s tiles, but even if my meager knowledge reached that far, I didn’t know which of them to eliminate, so I decided to see if I could create another group and eliminate one of the five.
This happened pretty quickly, as I decided that WADE wasn’t there because of Dwyane, but because it was a word that describes crossing a water or should I say SAILING THROUGH, LIKE A RIVER.
After this triumph, I was sure to choose JAMES, CURRY, BIRD and JORDAN, but I had no idea what connected the remaining eight tiles until I saw that ABLE and ELBA had the same letters, as did WAS and SAW. A good thing, because the purple group rose well above my head.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday May 14, Thu #1068)
- YELLOW: PREMONITION INSTRIPTION, intuition, intuition, sixth sense
- GREEN: CELL PHONE MODES DO NOT DISTURB, RING, SILENT, VIBRATE
- BLUE: BAD THINGS TO DO IN MODERN DATING Breadcrumbs, Catfish, Ghost, Love Bomb
- PURPLE: SENTENCES WHOSE SECOND WORDS INCLUDE THEIR FIRST WORD
- AIR CAIRO, ALL HALLOWS, ARM WARMERS, OTHERS
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.
