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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 Monday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Monday, March 23 (Game #1016).
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.
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NYT Connections Today (Game #1017) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- LOW
- WIND
- FOOD
- CAKE
- ROW
- FIRE
- RING
- BASE
- BOW
- SOW
- MEAN
- KISS
- TOW
- VOTE
- DUMP
- VILE
NYT Connections Today (Game #1017) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Undesirable
- GREEN: As seen in a ceremony
- BLUE: vehicle types
- PURPLE: Two meanings
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 #1017) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DISCLAIMER
- GREEN: CHARACTERISTICS OF A WEDDING
- BLUE: TYPES OF TRUCKS
- PURPLE: HETERONYMS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1017): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1017 are…
- YELLOW: DISCLAIMER BASE, LOW, BAD, VILE
- GREEN: CHARACTERISTICS OF A WEDDING CAKE, KISS, RING, VOTE
- BLUE: TYPES OF TRUCKS LANDFILL, FIRE, FOOD, TRAILER
- PURPLE: HETERONYMS BOW, OARING, SOWING, WIND
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
My mistake was thinking that BASE, LOW, VILE and DUMP were descriptions of undesirable places.
After getting “one away”, I swapped DUMP for MEAN and played through the rest of the game.
Congratulations if you saw HETERONYMS, which I’m sure you know are words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently; To celebrate, you can leave a dessert in a desert. Hmmm… I’m not sure that’s correct.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, March 23, game #1016)
- YELLOW: BEGINNING DECENT, HONEST, MORAL, STAND-UP
- GREEN: INVENTIONS THAT CHANGE THE GAMES LIGHT BULB, PRINTING PRESS, SLICE BREAD, WHEEL
- BLUE: “VIRGIN” THINGS MARY, MOCKTAIL, OLIVE OIL, VIRGO
- PURPLE: ENDING IN HOMOPHONE NICKNAMES BRAIN STEW, BROCCOLI RABE, JUNGLE GYM, OPEN MIC
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.
