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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 Tuesday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Tuesday, April 28 (Game #1052).
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 #1053): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- ROUND
- SHADE
- RUMBLE
- ORDERS
- OVATION
- SOCK
- HAND
- ROLL
- APPLAUD
- JOKE
- BOOM
- SCENERY
- LEVEL
- CHAIN
- ROOM
- PHASE
NYT Connections Today (Game #1053) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: The next chapter of the process.
- GREEN: goes with lightning
- BLUE: Kermit is one of these
- PURPLE: Start with the opposite of sitting
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 #1053) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STEP IN A PROCESS
- GREEN: SOUNDS LIKE THUNDER
- BLUE: TYPES OF PUPPETS
- PURPLE: STANDING ___
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1053): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1053 are…
- YELLOW: STEP IN A PROCESS LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, STAGE
- GREEN: SOUNDS LIKE THUNDER BOOM, CLAP, ROLL, RUMBLE
- BLUE: TYPES OF PUPPETS HAND, SHADOW, SOCK, ROPE
- PURPLE: STANDING ___ JOKE, ORDERS, OVATION, ROOM
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I went out on a limb with my first assumption. The word OVATION which I have only seen connected to the word standing and SPACE made sense regarding the phrase “standing room only”, but I was less sure about ORDERS and JOKE.
Fortunately, the gamble paid off and I was rewarded with a purple first prize.
Not that I was too quick to take a victory lap, as I completely missed the second hardest/blue group, KINDS OF PUPPETS, and came very close to forming a boxing-related group (SOCK, SHADOW, RUMBLE) before submitting the four tiles that became SOUND LIKE THUNDER.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, April 28, Game #1052)
- YELLOW: PLEA APPEAL, OFFER, CALL, REQUEST
- GREEN: WASHING DAY VERBS DRY, FOLD, SORT, WASH
- BLUE: THINGS THAT COME IN “BOOKS” CHECK, COUPON, MATCH, STAMP
- PURPLE: SUN_____ SPHERE, FLOWER, SCREEN, TAN
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.
