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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 23 (Game #1047).
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 #1048) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- KETCHUP
- HELICOPTER
- TAXI
- INTELLIGENCE
- ICE SKATES
- RED WINE
- GRASS
- MOWER
- INK
- CABIN
- MASS
- SUCTION CUPS
- CHEESE
- CALLOWAY
- ARMS
- PEPPERONI
NYT Connections Today (Game #1048) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Take a portion
- GREEN: Related to cephalopods
- BLUE: Machinery or thin and sharp object.
- PURPLE: A three-letter word in common
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 #1048) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PIZZA INGREDIENTS
- GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH OCTOPUS
- BLUE: THEY HAVE LEAVES
- PURPLE: WHAT “CAB” MAY REFER TO
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1048): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1048 are…
- YELLOW: PIZZA INGREDIENTS CHEESE, DOUGH, PEPPERONI, TOMATO SAUCE
- GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH OCTOPUS ARMS, INK, INTELLIGENCE, SUCTION CUPS
- BLUE: THEY HAVE LEAVES GRASS, HELICOPTER, ICE SKATES, LAWN MOWER
- PURPLE: WHAT “CAB” MAY REFER TO CABIN, CALLOWAY, RED WINE, TAXI
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
Although I only had eight tokens left, it took me four tries before I finally got the four things ASSOCIATED WITH OCTOPUS. If one of the tiles had said “chewy” it may have arrived sooner, but I still should have made the jump between SUCTION CUPS and INK quicker.
Elsewhere, this was a game of regrets and a lesson in stopping and taking your time. If I had done that, I may have added another “purple first” to my collection.
The temptation when you get a group is to send it right away, which is what I did today with PIZZA INGREDIENTS, but the next second I realized that CALLOWAY had to refer to the famous jazzman Cab Calloway and instantly saw the thread with TAXI, CABIN and RED WINE. Curse.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Thursday, April 23, Game #1047)
- YELLOW: BORDER FLANK, NEIGHBOR, SKIRT, TOUCH
- GREEN: TYPES OF FICTION HISTORICAL, LITERARY, PULP, SCIENCE
- BLUE: WORDS IN A PLANETARY MNEMONIC EDUCATE, MOTHER, MY, VERY
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH FOUR-LETTER BANDS FROM THE 80S ASIAGO, DEVOTE, TOTORO, WHAMMY
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.
