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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 Friday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Friday, April 3 (Game #1027).
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 #1028) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BAND
- FACE MASK
- САРЕ
- LIE
- BLUFF
- BOOT
- SPIT
- ARMOR
- LEAVE
- SPOT
- BASE
- COVER
- SLEEPING
- SCREEN
- SUMMER
- DOGS
NYT Connections Today (Game #1028) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: say what you see
- GREEN: slightly hidden
- BLUE: Coastal geography
- PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “lamp”
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 #1028) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “LET THE SLEEPING DOGS FIND”
- GREEN: DARK
- BLUE: COASTAL FORMS
- PURPLE: ____ CAMP
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1028): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1028 are…
- YELLOW: “LET THE SLEEPING DOGS FIND” DOGS, LEAVE, LIE, SLEEP
- GREEN: DARK COVER, MASK, SCREEN, SHIELD
- BLUE: COASTAL FORMS BLUFF, CAPE, POINT, SPIT
- PURPLE: ____ CAMP BAND, BASE, BOOT, SUMMER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Am I the only person who really doesn’t like the four tiles forming the category name like today’s yellow group “LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE” with its LET, SLEEPING, DOGS and LIE tiles? My reason is that Connections often makes fun of us with groups like this, which seem obvious, but when you send them they are just a trick to trick us into making a mistake.
Excuse me, I’ll wrap my neck now.
Irritations aside, this was a relatively easy game, probably due to that one big red herring that wasn’t actually a red herring, which made the deployment of all the other red herrings moot.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, April 3, game #1027)
- YELLOW: CAT BAD, BETTER, LITTLE, SNIDE
- GREEN: HANKER (FOR) JONES, LONG, LUST, THIRST
- BLUE: COCKTAIL GLASS COLLINS, HURRICANE, ROCKS, ZOMBIE
- PURPLE: ____ CONTROL CRUISE, DAMAGE, LAND, MISSION
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.
