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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, March 27 (Thu #1020).
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 #1021) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- LAUNCHER
- ADVICE
- FIGURE
- FACE
- FORCE
- PLATE
- POWER
- PICTURE
- TO GO UP
- MASS
- ENTER
- MOMENTUM
- ILLUSTRATION
- ACCELERATION
- BOARD
- ROBERT
NYT Connections today (game #1021) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Take transportation
- GREEN: Mechanical terms
- BLUE: Visual display formats
- PURPLE: Add a word containing “ant”
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 #1021) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: RIDE ON, AS A VEHICLE
- GREEN: QUANTITIES IN MECHANICS
- BLUE: TEXTBOOK IMAGES
- PURPLE: _____ PLANT
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1021) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1021 are…
- YELLOW: RIDE ON, AS A VEHICLE Board, board, enter, board
- GREEN: QUANTITIES IN MECHANICS ACCELERATION, FORCE, MASS, MOMENTUM
- BLUE: TEXTBOOK IMAGES FIGURE, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGE, PLATE
- PURPLE: _____ PLANT FACE, JUG, POWER, ROBERT
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
I didn’t see any threads when I started today’s game, but slowly the mists of confusion cleared and I finally completed the game – but not before making a few mistakes.
My first mistake was thinking that PLATE and PICTURE indicated a group linked by baseball; with low knowledge on this topic I added MOUNT and BOARD.
In changing focus, I made another mistake by adding ENTER instead of FORCE to what would become QUANTITIES IN MECHANICS, the “one away” helping me see the real connection.
From there, everything went smoothly, although I’m ashamed I didn’t spot ___ PLANT. Congratulations if you did, but the musical last name I connect with ROBERT is Smith, not the Led Zeppelin guy.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday March 27, Thu #1020)
- YELLOW: WHAT IT ALL SUMMARY OF BASIC FACTS, RESULTS, BRASS TACKS, NITTY-GRITTY
- GREEN: CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AIRPORT TERMINAL BAGGAGE COLLECTION, DUTY-FREE, FOOD, TICKET COUNTER
- BLUE: THINGS THAT ARE ORANGE GOLD FISH CRACKER, MONARCH BUTTERFLY, THE LORAX, TRAFFIC CONE
- PURPLE: AN END IN WORDS FOR CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY LIP SERVICE, MONKEY BARS, FLASHING, WEDDING RECEPTION
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.
