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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 18 (Thu #1072).
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 #1073) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- FOREVER
- LIVING ROOM
- COOK
- SURGEON
- NURSE
- DOCTOR
- FAKE
- SUPERFUDGE
- CRY
- WHIP
- TROT
- TO MODIFY
- FOUNDER
- BABBLE
- DEENIE
- TEETHE
NYT Connections today (game #1073) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Baby activities
- GREEN: Sneaky changes
- BLUE: Novels by a prolific author
- PURPLE: All fish
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 #1073) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THINGS BABIES DO
- GREEN: Edit misleadingly
- BLUE: BOOKS BY JUDY BLUME
- PURPLE: FISH LESS 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 #1073) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1073 are…
- YELLOW: THINGS BABIES DO BABBLE, CRY, NURSE, DENTURES
- GREEN: Edit misleadingly ALTER, COOK, DOCTOR, FUDGE
- BLUE: BOOKS BY JUDY BLUME BLUBBER, DEENIE, FOREVER, SUPERFUDGE
- PURPLE: FISH LESS ONE LETTER FOUNDER, SALON, SURGEON, TROT
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
Frankly, I feel incredibly lucky to have made it through this match after making only two mistakes, because I was completely stumped at first and remained that way throughout.
There was so much crossover here and naturally I fell in love with the most obvious of them, connecting DOCTOR, NURSE, SURGEON and COOK with the reasoning that these are all hospital jobs. On reflection, COOK didn’t really work.
Then I figured we were looking for four words about tears, so BABBLE, CRY, BLUBBER, and TEETH made sense. Fortunately, this gave me a “one away”.
How I managed to get all four FISH LESS ONE LETTER is a mystery, as I was floundering in the dark. In fact, you could say my entire game was SUPERFUDGE.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday May 18, Thu #1072)
- YELLOW: HOMOPHONES PAIR, PARE, PEAR, FATHER
- GREEN: BREAK BANG, CRACK, POP, SPLIT
- BLUE: MLB PLAYER PADRE, RED, ROYAL, JUMEAU
- PURPLE: FRUIT ANAGRAMS CHEAP, EARP, FLAT RATE, WIKI
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.
