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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 you are instead looking for the Thursday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Thursday, April 16 (Game #1040).
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 #1041): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- DOMINANT
- KEY
- ROOT
- TAN
- TONIC
- STEM
- HAMMER
- GENERAL
- BULB
- SODA
- COMMON
- CHAIN
- STORMY
- SHEET
- PEDAL
- POPULAR
NYT Connections Today (Game #1041) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: plant life
- GREEN: Follow the leader
- BLUE: Tickle the ivories
- PURPLE: Partial drinks
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 #1041) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: VEGETABLE PARTS
- GREEN: PREVALENT
- BLUE: PARTS OF A PIANO
- PURPLE: SECOND HALVES OF DRINK NAMES
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1041): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1041 are…
- YELLOW: VEGETABLE PARTS BULB, LEAF, ROOT, STEM
- GREEN: PREVALENT COMMON, DOMINANT, GENERAL, POPULAR
- BLUE: PARTS OF A PIANO HAMMER, KEY, PEDAL, ROPE
- PURPLE: SECOND HALVES OF DRINK NAMES REFRESH, STORM, TAN, TONER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
Connections has the ability to make you feel very smart when you’re not at all, but it can similarly make you feel clueless.
Today was more of the latter for me, as I made two mistakes that make little sense in retrospect but seemed like good ideas at the time. First, I connected LEAF, SODA, TONIC, and ROOT thinking they were all partly drink names; Although the root beer makes sense, the tea leaf was a bit over the top.
Then, thinking that KEY indicated a group of importance, I added DOMINANT, ROOT, and POPULAR, convinced I was right. I wasn’t.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday, April 16, game #1040)
- YELLOW: PROVOK NEEDLE, RIB, WALK, ROAST
- GREEN: THERMOSTAT SETTINGS AUTO, COOLING, FAN, HEAT
- BLUE: CHARACTERISTICS OF A CATWOMAN COSTUME BODY, CLAWS, MASK, WHIP
- PURPLE: TRAINING _____ BRA, CAMP, DAY, WHEELS
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.
