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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, April 5 (Game #1029).
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 #1030) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- SHARE
- OLIVES
- MALLET
- JUMP
- MOLE
- SHUTTER
- BALL
- BET
- HOLES
- DELIRIUM
- CAROUSER
- CONCERN
- AVOID
- SAY
- MINUTE
- HOEDOWN
NYT Connections Today (Game #1030) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: boogie nights
- GREEN: Involved
- BLUE: Fun game where you hit a fake animal
- PURPLE: In Broadway but a little out of the way
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 #1030) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: EVENTS WITH DANCE
- GREEN: INTEREST
- BLUE: WHAC-A-MOLE COMPONENTS
- PURPLE: MUSICALS WITH THE LAST LYRICS CHANGED
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1030): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1030 are…
- YELLOW: EVENTS WITH DANCE BALL, HOEDOWN, HOP, RAVE
- GREEN: INTEREST CLAIM, CARE, SHARE, BET
- BLUE: WHAC-A-MOLE COMPONENTS HOLES, MALLET, MOLE, TIMER
- PURPLE: MUSICALS WITH THE LAST LYRICS CHANGED CARRUSER, EVITE, OLIVAS, WICKET
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Seeing MALLET and WICKET on the grid today, I became convinced that we were looking for elements of croquet, a high-class specialized sport, involving both these things and a BALL and possibly a STAKE, although I’m not entirely sure.
Anyway, I was wrong, very, very wrong.
Fortunately, this was the end of my mistakes and I managed to place the other groups of four in order of difficulty. Congratulations to anyone who’s seen the musicals – a genius wordplay from our baffling overlords.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, April 5, game #1029)
- YELLOW: ATOMIC STRUCTURE TERMS ELECTRON, NUCLEUS, ORBIT, SHELL
- GREEN: PARTS OF A SHERLOCK HOLMES COSTUME DEERSTALKER, MAGNIFIER, TUBE, VIOLIN
- BLUE: THINGS TO TURNS AROUND COIN, LIGHT SWITCH, CREPE, THE BIRD
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS OF “SLUSH” GOOGOL, MUSHROOMS, PASTEURIZE, PULPIT
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.
