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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 5 (Thu #1059).
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 #1060) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
[NB: you’re going to need to look at the image above for this one]
- [two parallel horizontal lines]
- [nine small rectangles arranged in two rows]
- [two squares, each containing a circle in the centre]
- [a square with two smaller squares in the top right corner, each containing a rectangle]
- [a rectangle containing three smaller rectangles, the left and right of which contain a circle]
- [A circle containing four smaller circles]
- [A circle containing three smaller circles]
- [A circle]
- [10 small circles arranged in a triangle]
- [two parallel vertical lines]
- [five rectangles arranged in an overlapping fan]
- [two circles linked by a long oval, above another one]
- [Er… it looks like a sled?]
- [piles of circles]
- [A single horizontal line]
- [Two vertical lines close to each other on the left, and the same on the right]
NYT Connections today (game #1060) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Seen in a gaming setting
- GREEN: How to keep things together
- BLUE: Spotted where you get strikes and spares
- PURPLE: Stick them on a post
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 #1060) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FOUND IN A CASINO
- GREEN: WAYS TO FIX THINGS
- BLUE: SEEN IN A BOWLING ALLEY
- PURPLE: FLAG DESIGNS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1060) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1060 are…
- YELLOW: FOUND IN A CASINO CARDS, TOKENS, DICE, SLOT MACHINE
- GREEN: WAYS TO FIX THINGS BUCKLE, BUTTON, LACES, ZIPPER
- BLUE: SEEN IN A BOWLING ALLEY BOWLING BALL, BOWLING PIN, LANE, SCORING CARD
- PURPLE: FLAG DESIGNS CIRCLE, HORIZONTAL BISECTION, HORIZONTAL TRISECTION, VERTICAL TRISECTION
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
As is the case every time Connection does something different, my first reaction is bewilderment. Experience, however, has taught me to pause and look carefully, because often games like this turn out to be the simplest of all.
That was almost the case today. I immediately saw the flags, but missed the tile with a simple circle initially indicating Japan – choosing what was supposed to be bowling alleys.
Just a mistake and a first purple one among a confusing set of pictograms. I’m quite happy with it to be honest. I hope you saw the discussions too.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tue May 5, Thu #1059)
- YELLOW: LIGHT flicker, hint, suggestion, smell
- GREEN: INVOLUNTARY ACTIONS Blinking, hiccups, shivering, sneezing
- BLUE: TYPES OF KNOTS ELBOW, BOWLINE, HITCH, Sheep Shank
- PURPLE: START WITH COMPETITION UNITS GAMELAN, MATCHSTICK, POINTER, SETBACK
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.
