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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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Thursday, April 23 (Thu #1047).
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 #1048) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- TOMATO SAUCE
- HELICOPTER
- TAXI
- INTELLIGENCE
- ICE SKATES
- RED WINE
- GRASS
- LAWNMOWER
- INK
- CABIN
- DOUGH
- SUCTION CUPS
- CHEESE
- CALLOWAY
- ARM
- PEPPERONI
NYT Connections today (game #1048) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Take a slice
- GREEN: Related to cephalopods
- BLUE: Machines or thin and sharp objects
- PURPLE: A common three-letter word
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 #1048) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PIZZA INGREDIENTS
- GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH OCTOPUS
- BLUE: THEY HAVE BLADES
- PURPLE: WHAT “CAB” COULD REFER TO
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1048) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1048 are…
- YELLOW: PIZZA INGREDIENTS CHEESE, PASTA, PEPPERONI, TOMATO SAUCE
- GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH OCTOPUS ARMS, INK, INTELLIGENCE, SUCTION CUPS
- BLUE: THEY HAVE BLADES GRASS, HELICOPTER, ICE SKATES, LAW MOWER
- PURPLE: WHAT “CAB” COULD REFER TO CABIN, CALLOWAY, RED WINE, TAXI
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 3 errors
Even though I only had eight tiles left, it took me four attempts before I finally got all four items ASSOCIATED WITH OCTOPUS. If one of the tiles had said “fluffy” I might have gotten there sooner, but I still really should have made the jump between SUCTIONING and INK faster.
Elsewhere, it was a game of regrets and a lesson in stopping and taking time. If I had done that, I might have added another “purple first” to my collection.
The temptation when a band jumps out at you is to immediately submit them, which I did today with PIZZA INGREDIENTS, but the next second I realized that CALLOWAY must be a reference to the famous jazzman Cab Calloway and I immediately saw the common thread with TAXI, CABIN and RED WINE. Condemn.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday April 23, Thu #1047)
- YELLOW: EDGE FLANK, NEIGHBOR, SKIRT, TOUCH
- GREEN: TYPES OF FICTION HISTORICAL, LITERARY, PULP, SCIENCE
- BLUE: WORDS IN A PLANETARY MNEMONIC EDUCATED, MOTHER, MA, VERY
- PURPLE: START WITH FOUR-LETTER GROUPS FROM THE 80S ASIAGO, DEVOTE, TOTORO, WHAMMY
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.
