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 #1047) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MOTHER
- MY
- NEIGHBOR
- TOTORO
- TOUCH
- WHAMMY
- SKIRT
- SCIENCE
- PULP
- EDUCATED
- LITERARY
- ASIAGO
- DEVOTE
- VERY
- HISTORICAL
- FLANK
NYT Connections today (game #1047) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Near the edge
- GREEN: Types of Narrative Story
- BLUE: Scientific memory learning phrase
- PURPLE: Words that start with retro pop groups
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 #1047) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BORDER
- GREEN: TYPES OF FICTION
- BLUE: WORDS IN A PLANETARY MNEMONIC
- PURPLE: START WITH THE FOUR-LETTER GROUPS OF THE 80S
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1047) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1047 are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
I think this is my favorite “purple first”.
That’s partly because I managed to avoid thinking that the Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbor Totoro was anything other than a joke, secondly because I managed to avoid including PULP and thirdly because I saw the connection between Toto, Devo and Wham in the first place.
ASIAGO was an educated guess, but let’s just say Asia wasn’t in the same league as the others, STARTING WITH THE FOUR-LETTER GROUPS OF THE 80’S.
I was also very happy to have some pretty dainty yellow and green groups, a good thing because the mnemonic My Highly Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles wasn’t a thing at my school (but neither was education). I now know that this is a way of remembering the order of the planets from the sun.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tue April 21, Thu #1045)
- YELLOW: POTTERY EQUIPMENT CLAY, GLAZE, OVEN, WHEEL
- GREEN: WALLOP DECK, PUNCH, SLUG, SOCK
- BLUE: WORDS PRONOUNCED IN DIFFERENT WAYS AS PROPER NOUNS GRASS, NICE, POLISH, READING
- PURPLE: PICKUP ____ ARTIST, GAME, STICKS, TRUCK
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.
