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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 Friday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Friday, May 8 (Game #1062).
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.
NYT Connections Today (Set #1063) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BREATH
- EPISODE
- TIE
- LACES
- PERIOD
- CHAIN
- SEASON
- THINK
- LANYARD
- FRIENDSHIP BRACELET
- CONVERSATION
- SERIES
- QUIPU
- BOA
- FRANCHISE
- MACRAME
NYT Connections Today (Game #1063) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: television components
- GREEN: Ties
- BLUE: Fastened and rolled material.
- PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “neice”
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 #1063) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TV PROGRAM UNITS
- GREEN: THINGS WORN AROUND THE NECK
- BLUE: ROPES TIED IN KNOTS
- PURPLE: ____PIECE
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1063): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1063 are…
- YELLOW: TV PROGRAM UNITS EPISODE, FRANCHISE, SEASON, SERIES
- GREEN: THINGS WORN AROUND THE NECK BOA, CHAIN, CORD, TIE
- BLUE: ROPES TIED IN KNOTS FRIENDSHIP BRACELET, MACRAMÉ, QUIPU, LACES
- PURPLE: ____PIECE CONVERSATION, POINT, BREATHE, THINK
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I got quite confused with THINGS THAT WEAR AROUND THE NECK and LACES TIE KNOTS, starting with a group that contained LACES, FRIENDSHIP BRACELET, TIE and QUIPU. I incorrectly thought the latter was the name of a lace-up tie, but now I know it’s the name of an ancient abacus.
I finally got there and after taking out the blue group, the TV SHOW UNITS suddenly seemed blindingly obvious to me.
As someone who has written a fair amount of PUFF articles (I had a short-lived job writing press releases about ovens), I really should have figured out the purple group; Unfortunately, I missed it.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, May 8, Game #1062)
- YELLOW: KISS FIRST BASE, KISSING, NECK, TONSIL HOCKEY
- GREEN: FIVE-SIDED THINGS HOME PLATE, BACK JEANS POCKET, SCHOOL CROSSING SIGN, THE PENTAGON
- BLUE: UNEXPECTED PLACES TO BE “AWAY FROM” LEFT FIELD, NOWHERE, THE BLUE AIR, ENDENSE
- PURPLE: ENDING IN CANDY BRANDS LESS “S” BURGER KING Whopper, FILM NERD, MEMENTO, LAUNCHER’S MOUND
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.
