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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, April 20 (Game #1044).
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 #1045) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- OCTOPUS
- BREEZE
- THUNDER
- MESSENGER
- MOON
- SADDLE
- BULL
- WALTZ
- BUNK
- GOLD
- НОВО
- WANDER
- BILGE
- SHOULDER STRAP
- WALK
- BALONEY
NYT Connections Today (Game #1045) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: walk slowly
- GREEN: Senseless talk
- BLUE: Things you carry
- PURPLE: 007 beginnings
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 #1045) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: AMBLE (ENTRANCE)
- GREEN: BALDERDASH
- BLUE: TYPES OF BAGS
- PURPLE: ONE WORD JAMES BOND MOVIE TITLE BEGINNINGS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1045): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1045 are…
- YELLOW: AMBLE (ENTRANCE) BREEZE, MOSEY, RIDE, WALTZ
- GREEN: BALDERDASH BALONYA, BILGE, BULL, BUNK
- BLUE: TYPES OF BAGS CROSSBODY BAG, HOBO, MESSENGER, SADDLE
- PURPLE: ONE WORD JAMES BOND MOVIE TITLE BEGINNINGS GOLD, MOON, OCTOPUS, THUNDER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I know Connections loves sports, so when spying THUNDER and BULL on the grid, my first thought was that there must be a group linked by the NBA. However, even though I know next to nothing about basketball, I couldn’t identify any other potential team names, although OCTOPUS would be cool.
AMBLE (IN) was my first group, largely because all of these words describe my particular speed of travel. I’d say MOSEY is as fast as I can go; If I’m in a hurry I can WALK but that’s my limit. All of which really bothers the stressful fast walkers of the world.
My mistake came when trying to collect the TYPES OF BAGS. I was sure about CROSSBODY, MESSENGER and Saddle, but the fourth one got away from me and I initially went for GOLD before finally getting it right.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, April 20, game #1044)
- YELLOW: MASS OF SMOKE SWAVE, CLOUD, FEATHER, BLOW
- GREEN: FISHING GEAR BAIT, HOOK, NET, ROD
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS CANNIBALISM, HOURGLASS, POISON, WEB
- PURPLE: _____ MONDAY BLUE, CYBER, MANIAC, MEATLESS
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.
