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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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Wednesday, May 20 (Thu #1074).
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 #1075) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- LOVE
- CHESS
- DEAR
- MOON
- FISHING
- HOT
- YELLOW
- PUMPKIN
- ADVANTAGE
- CAN
- PECAN NUTS
- COLONEL
- DEVIL
- SHOOFLY
- CAMBUSE
- FORTY
NYT Connections today (game #1075) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Pastry delights
- GREEN: Shitty words
- BLUE: Wimbledon Scoreboard
- PURPLE: A spicy condiment
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 #1075) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: KINDS OF PIES
- GREEN: THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH MASSES
- BLUE: TENNIS SCORING TERMS
- PURPLE: ___ MUSTARD
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1075) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1075 are…
- YELLOW: KINDS OF PIES CHESS, PECAN, PUMPKIN, SHOOFLY
- GREEN: THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH MASSES CABOOSE, CAN, MOON, FISHING
- BLUE: TENNIS SCORING TERMS ADVANTAGE, DEUCE, FORTY, LOVE
- PURPLE: ___ MUSTARD COLONEL, HONEY, HOT, YELLOW
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
An inverted rainbow for me today, as I got the supposedly hardest group first and failed to spot the easiest.
The reason is that, like many gamers outside the US, my knowledge of pies is limited – PUMPKIN and PECAN I know, but CHESS and SHOOFLY are niche. Meanwhile, although the later terminology is universal, the selection of THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BUTTS is also quite US-centric.
Tennis, on the other hand, is no problem and it turns out ___ MUSTARD is too – although I got this purple group by accident after seeing HOT and HONEY next to each other and then thinking COLONEL must mean Mustard as in Clue/Cluedo.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday May 20, Thu #1074)
- YELLOW: STOVE KNOB SETTINGS HIGH, MEDIUM, OFF, MIMIMIT
- GREEN: POWER CONCENTRATION, STRENGTH, INTENSITY, POWER
- BLUE: MUSIC THEORY CONCEPTS INTERVAL, KEY, MODE, SCALE
- PURPLE: “____ DAY” FILMS Marmot, INDEPENDENCE, LONGEST, TRAINING
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.
