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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 Friday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Friday, May 15 (Thu #1069).
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 #1070) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- THERMOSTAT
- PIANO
- PLAY
- VIOLIN
- FLUTE
- FORTE
- MESS
- BASSOON
- BELFAST
- STEIN
- LARGO
- GLASS
- DIY
- NESQUICK
- CUT
- ALLÉGRO
NYT Connections today (game #1070) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Something you drink from
- GREEN: I’m going crazy without direction
- BLUE: Notes on notes
- PURPLE: Finally about to be ready
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 #1070) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GLASSWARE
- GREEN: DISORDER (WITH)
- BLUE: MUSICAL PERFORMANCE GUIDELINES
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS OF “ASAP”
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1070) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1070 are…
- YELLOW: GLASSWARE CUP, FLUTE, STEIN, TUMBLER
- GREEN: DISORDER (WITH) Violin, mess, play, tinker
- BLUE: MUSICAL PERFORMANCE GUIDELINES ALLEGRO, FORTE, LARGO, PIANO
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS OF “ASAP” BASSOON, BELFAST, NESQUICK, THERMOSTAT
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
I resisted linking all four musical instruments, but still made a few mistakes – although they were the easier ones to catch, because I was on the right track and got a “one out” pop-up for both.
The first was not knowing what the fourth piece of GLASS could be after TUMBLER, FLUTE and STEIN. The next step was to think that BASSOON rather than PIANO was one of the DIRECTIONS OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE.
I finally got there, although on reflection today’s purple group seemed much simpler than usual. Congratulations if you got it first.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday May 15, Thu #1069)
- 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
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.
