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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 Monday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Monday, April 27 (Thu #1051).
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 #1052) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- CALL
- TANNED
- DRY
- FLOWER
- CHECK
- DIAL
- FOLD
- OFFER
- MATCH
- SORT
- STAMP
- CALL
- WASH
- SCREEN
- REQUEST
- COUPON
NYT Connections today (game #1052) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Plea agreement
- GREEN: The things you do to clothes
- BLUE: They share a format with fiction
- PURPLE: Start with a short, bright word
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 #1052) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ENTER
- GREEN: WASHING DAY VERBS
- BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN “BOOKS”
- PURPLE: SUN_____
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1052) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1052 are…
- YELLOW: ENTER CALL, OFFER, CALL, REQUEST
- GREEN: WASHING DAY VERBS DRY, FOLD, SORT, WASH
- BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN “BOOKS” CHECK, COUPON, MATCH, STAMP
- PURPLE: SUN_____ DIAL, FLOWER, SCREEN, TAN
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
Although I was excited to finish this game, it was a game that made me regret it as I only saw the purple/hardest group of four words that starts SUN_____ with only eight tiles remaining – and there is no glory in that.
I was originally going to select a group devoted to collecting flowers, but beyond DRY everything seemed too vague and luckily I submitted the much more likely group of WASHING DAY VERBS.
I’ve been baffled by THINGS THAT COME IN ‘BOOKS’ and I think this is due to a mixture of cultural differences – COUPON books aren’t really a thing in the UK – and redundant items in the form of MATCH books and CHECK notebooks, both of which I haven’t seen in almost a decade.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday April 27, Thu #1051)
- YELLOW: SALAD INGREDIENTS RANCH DRESSING, RED ONION, ROASTED CHICKEN, ROMAINE LETTUCE
- GREEN: CLASSIC MOVIES RAIN MAN, REAR WINDOW, TANK DOGS, ROMAN HOLIDAY
- BLUE: THE CHARACTERS OF “THE SIMPSON’S” RADIOACTIVE MAN, RALPH WIGGUM, REVEREND LOVEJOY, ROD FLANDERS
- PURPLE: END AMONG NBA PLAYERS RAGING BULL, REGINA KING, ROE BUCK, ROTARY MOWER
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.
