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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s game.” If instead you are looking for the Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Sunday, March 8 (Game #1001).
Good day! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into various categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1002): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BEAKER
- VIDEO GAME
- WEREWOLF
- MICROSCOPE
- MAFIA
- DEPOSIT
- FISHERMAN
- ANIMAL
- STAND OUT
- COMPANY
- GONZO
- USABLE
- E STREET GANG
- HOT SEAT
- BECAUSE
- FOZZIE
NYT Connections Today (Game #1002) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Where are you, where?
- GREEN: Are you looking at me?
- BLUE: It’s time to play the music, it’s time to turn on the lights…
- PURPLE: Who is in charge?
Do you need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers are to the four topics for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #1002) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STARTING WITH THE SAME SOUND, WRITTEN DIFFERENT
- GREEN: METAPHORS FOR PUBLIC SCRUTINY
- BLUE: MUPPETS
- PURPLE: THEY HAVE A BOSS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1002): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1002 are…
- YELLOW: STARTING WITH THE SAME SOUND, SPELLED DIFFERENT WAREHOUSE, LAPTOP, WEREWOLF, THEREFORE
- GREEN: METAPHORS FOR PUBLIC SCRUTINY FISHING, HOT SEAT, MICROSCOPE, FOCUS
- BLUE: MUPPETS ANIMAL, GLASS, FOZZIE, GONZO
- PURPLE: THEY HAVE A BOSS COMPANY, E STREET BAND, MAFIA, VIDEO GAME
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 error
The moment I saw E Street Band among today’s answers, I knew I had to play it first. I’m a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen (he’s by far the best live performer I’ve ever seen) and the legendary E Street Band is a big part of that. The obvious connection was ‘boss’ (because Springsteen is, of course, ‘The Boss’), and that fits well with MAFIA, HOT SEAT and COMPANY as things that have a boss. But it was bad. Just “one away”, but still wrong.
Rather than risk making another mistake, I looked elsewhere and realized there were four Muppets on the board: FOZZIE, GONZO, ANIMAL, and BEAKER. I don’t love the Muppets as much as I love the E Street Band, but there’s not much to them; In fact, ANIMAL would be a great addition.
I was surprised to see that this was the blue group, as it was quite easy, so I was confident that I could solve them all now. Pronouncing the remaining words turned me yellow, STARTING WITH THE SAME SOUND, SPELLED DIFFERENT.
Then, I discovered that FISHING, FOCUS, MICROSCOPE, and HOT SEAT seemed to go together like “being the focus of something.” They were (the real answer was METAPHORS FOR PUBLIC SCRUTINY), but I didn’t guess that yet, because I wanted to solve the E Street Band one.
Instead, I looked again at the other four words that should go together, namely MAFIA, E STREET BAND, VIDEO GAME, and COMPANY, and realized that VIDEO GAMES also usually have a boss (as in ‘boss fight’), so I guessed and turned purple. And now I’m going to go listen The wild, the innocent and the E Street Shuffle For the billionth time!
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, March 8, Game #1001)
- YELLOW: CITIES LIMA, NICE, OSAKA, PHOENIX
- GREEN: PALINDROMES EYE, REFERENCE, ROTATOR, SELES
- BLUE: HORROR MOVIES LESS “S” GREMLIN, JAW, SINNER, TREMOR
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH ARGUMENT FOR ZERO JACKET, NADAL, SQUATTER, ZIPPER
What are NYT connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final question since you’ll be able to answer it through a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
