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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, May 11 (Thu #1065).
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 (set #1066) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- WEEKEND
- HIKING
- PAUL
- FRANCI
- JEANS
- MONIQUE
- WORK
- WONK
- VOLUME
- EL SALVADOR
- DIVISION
- VOLUME
- DISTANCE
- OPUS
- KINGDOM
- PETERSBURG
NYT Connections today (game #1066) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A fiction that can serve as a doorstop
- GREEN: Places with a common holy word
- BLUE: Connected by the opposite of “short”
- PURPLE: Money added
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 #1066) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SUBSTANTIAL BOOK
- GREEN: “HOLY” CITIES
- BLUE: “LONG” THINGS
- PURPLE: CURRENCIES PLUS ONE LETTER
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1066) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1066 are…
- YELLOW: SUBSTANTIAL BOOK OPUS, VOLUME, VOLUME, WORK
- GREEN: “HOLY” CITIES MONICA, PAULO, PETERSBURG, EL SALVADOR
- BLUE: “LONG” THINGS DISTANCE, DIVISION, JOHNS, WEEKEND
- PURPLE: CURRENCIES PLUS ONE LETTER FRANCI, HIKE, KINGDOM, WONK
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 3 errors
I made three stupid mistakes after getting the yellow group pretty quickly.
First, I was pretty sure I was looking for “HOLY” TOWNS but instead of MONICA, I submitted JOHNS. This will teach me how to add tiles recklessly, as the St John’s I was thinking of is a district of London and not a city.
With only eight tiles remaining, I still managed to make two more mistakes – firstly thinking that RANDO and WONK were slang for relationship types (so I added WEEKEND and DISTANCE). Then, with no evidence other than DIVISION being part of an 80s band name, I clicked on WEEKEND, JOHNS and REALM thinking they were too.
Luckily, by pure chance, it gave me a “one” and I finally saw that there were four “LONG” THINGS. I hope it wasn’t as difficult for you.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday May 11, Thu #1065)
- YELLOW: MOVE stealthily, with “IN” FLOW, SLIDE, SNEAK, FLY
- GREEN: DIET TYPES COLOR, PONZI, PYRAMID, Rhyme
- BLUE: DETECTIVE FILMS CHINATOWN, POINTED KNIVES, SEVEN, VERTIGO
- PURPLE: BODY PARTS SURROUNDED BY TWO LETTERS ELEGY, KARMA, KEY, SHANDY
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.
