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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 26 (Game #1050).
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 #1051): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- RADIOACTIVE MAN
- Raging Bull
- RED ONION
- QUEEN KING
- RESERVOIR DOGS
- REVEREND JOY OF LOVE
- ROMAN HOLIDAYS
- ROASTED CHICKEN
- EGGS
- REAR WINDOW
- ROMAINE LETTUCE
- FLANDER ROD
- RAIN MAN
- ROTARY CUTTER
- RALPH WIGGUM
- RANCH DRESSING
NYT Connections Today (Game #1051) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: a healthy lunch
- GREEN: 5 star movies
- BLUE: Straight from Springfield
- PURPLE: Think: basketball teams
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 #1051) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SALAD INGREDIENTS
- GREEN: CLASSIC FILMS
- BLUE: CHARACTERS FROM “THE SIMPSONS”
- PURPLE: ENDING IN NBA PLAYERS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1051): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1051 are…
- YELLOW: SALAD INGREDIENTS RANCH DRESSING, PURPLE ONION, ROASTED CHICKEN, ROMAN LETTUCE
- GREEN: CLASSIC FILMS RAIN MAN, BACK WINDOW, RESERVOIR DOGS, ROMAN HOLIDAY
- BLUE: CHARACTERS FROM “THE SIMPSONS” RADIOACTIVE MAN, RALPH WIGGUM, REVEREND LOVEJOY, ROD FLANDERS
- PURPLE: ENDING IN NBA PLAYERS RAGANT BULL, REGINA KING, EGGS, ROTARY CLIPPER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Usually when faced with a slightly different Connections grid, my brain goes into panic mode, resulting in complete bewilderment. Not today.
Somehow I managed to see all four groups at once and decided to play a new game: guess which of them justified being the purple/most difficult group. The unique NBA teams seemed the darkest, so I went with that.
The only thing that made me doubt was THE RADIOACTIVE MAN, which I wasn’t sure was a character from The Simpsons but they most certainly did not belong to the CLASSIC MOVIES.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, April 26, game #1050)
- YELLOW: STIPULATION CAPTURE, WARNING, FINE PRINT, ROPES
- GREEN: VOCAL CHARACTERISTICS PITCH, RANGE, REGISTER, PITCH
- BLUE: CHARACTERS IN “DICK AND JANE” COCK, JANE, MOTHER, STAIN
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH FACES BUILDING, CLIFF, CLOCK, POLYHEDRON
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.
