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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, May 5 (Game #1059).
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 #1060) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
[NB: you’re going to need to look at the image above for this one]
- [two parallel horizontal lines]
- [nine small rectangles arranged in two rows]
- [two squares, each containing a circle in the centre]
- [a square with two smaller squares in the top right corner, each containing a rectangle]
- [a rectangle containing three smaller rectangles, the left and right of which contain a circle]
- [A circle containing four smaller circles]
- [A circle containing three smaller circles]
- [A circle]
- [10 small circles arranged in a triangle]
- [two parallel vertical lines]
- [five rectangles arranged in an overlapping fan]
- [two circles linked by a long oval, above another one]
- [Er… it looks like a sled?]
- [piles of circles]
- [A single horizontal line]
- [Two vertical lines close to each other on the left, and the same on the right]
NYT Connections Today (Game #1060) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Seen in a game environment
- GREEN: How to keep things together
- BLUE: Seen where you get strikes and spare parts.
- PURPLE: Stick them on a post
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 #1060) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FOUND IN A CASINO
- GREEN: WAYS TO HOLD THINGS
- BLUE: SEEN IN A BOLIVIA
- PURPLE: FLAG DESIGNS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1060): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1060 are…
- YELLOW: FOUND IN A CASINO CARDS, CHIPS, DICE, SLOT MACHINE
- GREEN: WAYS TO HOLD THINGS BUCKLE, BUTTON, LACES, ZIPPER
- BLUE: SEEN IN A BOLIVIA BOWLING BALL, BOWLING, LANE, SCORECARD
- PURPLE: FLAG DESIGNS CIRCLE, HORIZONTAL BISECTION, HORIZONTAL TRISECTION, VERTICAL TRISECTION
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
As always when Connection does something different, my first reaction is bewilderment. Experience, however, has taught me to stop and look carefully, because many times games like this turn out to be the simplest of all.
That was almost the case today. I saw the flags right away, but I didn’t see the mosaic with a simple circle that initially indicated Japan, choosing what were supposed to be bowling alleys.
Just one mistake and a purple scoop in a bewildering set of pictograms. I’m pretty satisfied with that to be honest. I hope you saw the threads too.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, May 5, Game #1059)
- YELLOW: BRIGHTNESS BLINK, HINT, HINT, SMELL
- GREEN: INVOLUNTARY ACTIONS BLINK, Hiccup, Shiver, SNEEZE
- BLUE: TYPES OF KNOTS CURVE, BOWLINE, HITCH, SHEEP
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH UNITS IN COMPETITIONS GAMELAN, MATCH, POINTER, BACK
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.
