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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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Saturday, March 7 (Game #1000).
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 (game #1001) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- GOOD
- NADAL
- ZIPPER
- SELES
- JACKET
- OSAKA
- JAW
- FISHERMAN
- EYE
- IMP
- PHOENIX
- SQUATTER
- REFER
- TRAKE
- ROTATOR
- LIMA
NYT Connections today (game #1001) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Places to live
- GREEN: Mirror words
- BLUE: Alien or The Bird could be others
- PURPLE: Start with nothing
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 #1001) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CITIES
- GREEN: PALINDROMES
- BLUE: HORROR FILMS LESS “S”
- PURPLE: START WITH SLANG FOR ZERO
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1001) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1001 are…
- YELLOW: CITIES LIMA, NICE, OSAKA, PHOENIX
- GREEN: PALINDROMES EYE, REFER, ROTATOR, SELES
- BLUE: HORROR FILMS LESS “S” GREMLIN, JAW, SINNER, TRAKE
- PURPLE: START WITH SLANG FOR ZERO JACKET, NADAL, SQUATTER, ZIPPER
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 3 errors
Today I got surprised by a tennis based group, guessing SINNER, NADAL, OSAKA and SELES, but being wrong. OSAKA is also a city as well as a last name, of course, so I put that with LIMA, NICE and PHOENIX and solved for the yellow.
Looking again, I thought I spotted a palindromic group: EYE, NADAL, SELES and REFER. And I was right – sort of, because I got one back. But which one? Well, another look at the board revealed ROTATOR, so I knew what the extra word was, but I had no idea which of the original four to drop. I was going to have to solve another group first…
I did this by noticing that JAW, SINNER, TEMOR, and GREMLIN were all “horror movies minus an S”, but that didn’t directly help me solve the palindrome group. So I tried again: NADAL, SELES, ROTATOR and REFER. But I still have one. And then I realized my mistake: NADAL is not a palindrome. What an idiot!
So I went with the other four and finally got the green, leaving only the purple to resolve by default. And what was it? A very sneaky answer: START WITH SLANG FOR ZERO. Phew!
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday March 7, match #1000)
- YELLOW: $1 BUCK, DOLLAR, ONE, SINGLE
- GREEN: “Why are you Romeo? » ART, ROMEO, YOU, WHY
- BLUE: WORDS BEFORE “CASTLE” BOUNCING, NEW, SAND, WHITE
- PURPLE: WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A CONNECTION AIRPORT, DATING APP, INTERNET CAFE, THIS GAME
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.
