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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 Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Tuesday, April 28 (Thu #1052).
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 #1053) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- ROUND
- SHADOW
- SCOLD
- ORDERS
- OVATION
- SOCK
- HAND
- TO ROLL
- TYPE
- JOKE
- BOOM
- SCENE
- LEVEL
- CHAIN
- BEDROOM
- PHASE
NYT Connections today (game #1053) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: The next chapter of the process
- GREEN: Go with the lightning
- BLUE: Kermit is one of them
- PURPLE: Start with the opposite of sitting
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 #1053) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STAGE IN A PROCESS
- GREEN: SOUNDS LIKE THUNDER
- BLUE: KINDS OF PUPPETS
- PURPLE: STANDING ___
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1053) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1053 are…
- YELLOW: STAGE IN A PROCESS LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, FLOOR
- GREEN: SOUNDS LIKE THUNDER BOOM, CLAP, ROLL, RUMBLE
- BLUE: KINDS OF PUPPETS HAND, SHADOW, SOCK, ROPE
- PURPLE: STANDING ___ JOKE, COMMANDS, OVATION, ROOM
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
I took a gamble with my first guess. The word OVATION which I only saw linked to the words standing and ROOM made sense in relation to the phrase “standing room only”, but I was less sure about ORDERS and JOKE.
Fortunately, the bet paid off and I was rewarded with a first purple.
Not that I was too quick to take a victory lap, as I completely missed the second hardest/blue group KINDS OF PUPPETS and almost made a boxing-related group – SOCK, SHADOW, RUMBLE – before submitting the four tiles that became SOUND LIKE THUNDER.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tue April 28, Thu #1052)
- 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
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.
