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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 29 (Game #1022).
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 (Set #1023) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- SUBSTITUTE
- FRITZ
- GYPSY
- TOY
- YUTZ
- FUTZ
- DOLLAR
- FICTIONAL
- HERTZ
- GAMES
- MOCK
- DISORDER
- FAKE
- BUDGET
- TRUFFLES
- AVIS
NYT Connections Today (Game #1023) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FAKE
- GREEN: Waste time
- BLUE: Rent one of these vehicles
- PURPLE: extra food
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 #1023) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: IMITATION
- GREEN: PLAY (WITH)
- BLUE: CAR RENTAL COMPANIES
- PURPLE: SNACK BRANDS MORE START LETTER
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1023): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1023 are…
- YELLOW: IMITATION DUMMY, ERSATZ, FAUX, MOCK
- GREEN: PLAY (WITH) FUTZ, MESS, TINKER, TOY
- BLUE: CAR RENTAL COMPANIES AVIS, BUDGET, DOLLAR, HERTZ
- PURPLE: SNACK BRANDS MORE START LETTER FRITZ, GAMES, TRUFFLES, YUTZ
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
All the TZ tiles were very tempting to form a group, but the fact that HERTZ is listed alongside other CAR RENTAL COMPANIES (BUDGET, DOLLAR, AVIS) put me off that connection.
That aside, I remembered that ERSATZ was a term a reviewer friend of mine used to use when he really wanted to call a band or piece of music fake and derivative, and that definition seemed to fit with DUMMY, MOCK, and FAUX.
With only eight tiles left, I couldn’t see much in the way of links, beyond a couple of good names for a small dog, but I went for four words that sounded like they were joking.
It took me a couple of tries because I had PLAYS instead of FUTZ, but I finally connected PLAY AROUND (CON).
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, March 29, game #1022)
- YELLOW: IMAGES SEEN ON THE STREET GRAFFITI, MURAL, POSTER, STENCIL
- GREEN: RETRO DANCE CRAZIES HURRY, MASHED POTATOES, ROBOT, SPIN
- BLUE: SILENCE “p” BODY, HIT, PSYCHO, RECEIPT
- PURPLE: ___ BRAND BEAUTY, CHECK, ASK, STRETCH
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.
