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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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Wednesday, May 27 (Thu #1081).
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.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play other word games of course. I also have daily Strands tips and answers and articles on Quordle tips and answers if you need help with those too, while Marc’s Wordle page today covers the original viral word game.
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 (set #1082) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- LEAP
- BAR
- PRESS
- LODGE
- BENCH
- ELEVATOR
- MEDIA
- PRESENTIMENT
- NEWS
- STAND DOWN
- STAY
- PAPERS
- SQUATTER
- DUCK
- SLOPE
- PODIUM
NYT Connections today (game #1082) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: To flow
- GREEN: Reporting organizations
- BLUE: Things seen during a trial
- PURPLE: Snow business
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 #1082) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GO LOW
- GREEN: FOURTH POWER
- BLUE: PARTS OF A COURTROOM
- PURPLE: SKI___
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1082) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1082 are…
- YELLOW: GO LOW DUCK, HUNCH, SQUAT, STOOP
- GREEN: FOURTH POWER MEDIA, NEWS, PAPERS, PRESS
- BLUE: PARTS OF A COURTROOM BAR, BENCH, PODIUM, STAND
- PURPLE: SKI__ JUMP, ELEVATOR, LODGE, SLOPE
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
I was very tempted by the four bodybuilding-related words – PRESS, BAR, BENCH and SQUAT – but managed to resist after thinking that STOOP and HUNCH should go together.
FOURTH ESTATE is an interesting term and one that I hadn’t really thought about the origins of until today’s game.
The term comes from ancient European ideas about how society and politics work, divided into three distinct groups: the nobility, the clergy, and the commoners. Those who worked for the media, whose job it was to document these three groups, existed in a fourth group. I love it when Connections sends us down those Google rabbit holes.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday May 27, Thu #1081)
- YELLOW: SMALL COMMUNITY MUNICIPALITY, HAMLET, CANTON, VILLAGE
- GREEN: CLASSIC BOARD GAMES BATTLESHIP, OPERATION, OTHELLO, PROBLEM
- BLUE: HOMOPHONES OF WAYS OF LOOKING AYE, LEAR, PIER, STAIRS
- PURPLE: END OF THE MARCH OF THE “LITTLE WOMEN” SISTERS BANJO, MACBETH, MONOGAMY, NUTMEG
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.
