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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, March 12 (Thu #1005).
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 #1006) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PERFECT
- BRICK
- PASS
- RELIGIOUS
- GREAT
- PUNCH
- PRIME
- SUM
- Phew
- NO
- FOURTH
- EVEN
- NEXT TIME
- BERLIN
- IRRATIONAL
- LATER
NYT Connections today (game #1006) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Lower it
- GREEN: Numerical varieties
- BLUE: Types of vertical structure
- PURPLE: This looks like a quantity
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 #1006) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “NO THANK YOU”
- GREEN: TYPES OF DIGITS
- BLUE: WALL TYPES
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF NON-NUMERIC AMOUNTS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1006) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1006 are…
- YELLOW: “NO THANK YOU” LATER, NAN, NEXT TIME, GO
- GREEN: TYPES OF DIGITS SAME, IRRATIONAL, PERFECT, BONUS
- BLUE: WALL TYPES BERLIN, BRICK, FOURTH, LARGE
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF NON-NUMERIC AMOUNTS PUNCH, NUN, PHEW, SUM
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
When you get the “One away” pop-up notification, it’s hard not to focus on one group, even if you keep messing up.
I fooled around trying to complete what became the green KINDS OF NUMBERS group – including GREAT, then SUM instead of IRRATIONAL before giving up completely after removing EVEN from my quartet and getting the “groups of four” pop-up.
Luckily, I found the other three groups fairly easily, but flirted with my first loss of 2026 on a fairly easy day.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday March 12, Thu #1005)
- YELLOW: PLACES TO FIND SAND BUNKER, DESERT, HOURGLASS, SANDPIT
- GREEN: THINGS THAT MOVE BEFORE AND TO COME METRONOME, PENDULUM, SWING, WINDSCREEN WIPER
- BLUE: DEVICE-BASED EXERCISE CLASSES BAR, REFORMER, SPIN, STEP
- PURPLE: WITH BIRDS CUCKOO CLOCK, FROOT LOOPS, MEXICAN FLAG, weathervane
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.
