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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 29 (Thu #1083).
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.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play other word games of course. I also have daily Strands tips and answers and articles on Quordle tips and answers if you need help with those too, while Marc’s Wordle page today covers the original viral word game.
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 #1084) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- LUCID
- WITCHCRAFT
- IMPOSSIBLE
- HER
- PIPE
- FEVER
- RIGHT
- SORRY
- CLEAR
- SPACER
- NEVER
- TILDE
- Gigi
- DEFINITELY NOT
- CARET
- VOLARE
NYT Connections today (game #1084) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Rejection response
- GREEN: Solid response
- BLUE: Punctuation marks
- PURPLE: 1959 success
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 #1084) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “IN YOUR DREAMS”
- GREEN: SENSITIVE
- BLUE: TYPOGRAPHICAL SYMBOLS
- PURPLE: SONG OF THE YEAR NOMINATED AT THE FIRST GRAMMY AWARDS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1084) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1084 are…
- YELLOW: “IN YOUR DREAMS” IMPOSSIBLE, NEVER, NO CASE, SORRY
- GREEN: SENSITIVE CLEAR, LUCID, STRAIGHT, SOUND
- BLUE: TYPOGRAPHICAL SYMBOLS REINFORCEMENT, CARET, PIPE, TILDE
- PURPLE: SONG OF THE YEAR NOMINATED AT THE FIRST GRAMMY AWARDS
- FEVER, GIGI, VOLARE, WITCHCRAFT
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
I really thought my work might help me get a purple today. Alas, there was one group even more difficult than the selection of four TYPOGRAPHICAL SYMBOLS.
I thought it was difficult, but getting the purple group took three attempts, even though I only had eight tiles left after connecting SENSITIVE.
I knew FEVER and VOLARE as hits from the crooning era, but was unsure of the other two and included IMPOSSIBLE in the mix (I think I was thinking of The impossible dream by Andy Williams) before finally getting the four correct.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday May 29, Thu #1083)
- YELLOW: OCEANS ARCTIC, ATLANTIC, INDIAN, PACIFIC
- GREEN: DISTINCTIVE ODOR SOURCES AMMONIA, BO, DURIAN, WET DOG
- BLUE: TYPES OF ROOMS IN A MANSION BILLIARDS, DRAWING, POWDER, READING
- PURPLE: WHAT “PA” MIGHT REFER TO FATHER, PENNSYLVANIA, PROTACTINIUM, PUBLIC ADDRESS
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.
