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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, May 19 (Thu #1073).
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 #1074) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- HIGH
- KEY
- INTENSITY
- INDEPENDENCE
- COULD
- FASHION
- AVERAGE
- INTERVAL
- TRAINING
- DISABLED
- FORCE
- SIMMER
- CONCENTRATION
- Marmot
- LONGEST
- LADDER
NYT Connections today (game #1074) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Pan control
- GREEN: Full power
- BLUE: Study Notes
- PURPLE: Films with a common 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 #1074) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STOVE KNOB SETTINGS
- GREEN: POWER
- BLUE: MUSIC THEORY CONCEPTS
- PURPLE: “____ DAY” FILMS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1074) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1074 are…
- YELLOW: STOVE KNOB SETTINGS HIGH, MEDIUM, OFF, MIMIMIT
- GREEN: POWER CONCENTRATION, STRENGTH, INTENSITY, POWER
- BLUE: MUSIC THEORY CONCEPTS INTERVAL, KEY, MODE, SCALE
- PURPLE: “____ DAY” FILMS Marmot, INDEPENDENCE, LONGEST, TRAINING
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
I’m almost always surprised when I get a “purple first”, but doubly so today since the “______ DAY” MOVIES category seemed obvious with GROUNDHOG and INDEPENDENCE in the group.
My only hesitation was that TRAINING, in its current form, seemed to be able to extend to other categories.
THE STOVE KNOB SETTINGS were a bit overkill for me as I’ve never had a stove with anything other than a series of small dots, but once I was down to just eight tiles HIGH, MEDIUM and OFF seemed to fit and it was a choice between SIMMER and MODE for the fourth tile. Fortunately, I guessed correctly.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tue May 19, Thu #1073)
- 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
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, computing is a bit more complex than something like Wordle, and the game offers 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.
