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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 Monday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Monday, May 11 (Game #1065).
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 #1066) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- WEEKEND
- RANGE
- PAUL
- FRANCIS
- JOHN
- MONICA
- WORK
- WONK
- TOOK
- THE SAVIOR
- DIVISION
- VOLUME
- DISTANCE
- OPUS
- KINGDOM
- PETERSBURG
NYT Connections Today (Game #1066) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Fiction that can serve as a doorstop
- GREEN: Places with a holy word in common
- BLUE: Connected by the opposite of “short”
- PURPLE: Added money
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 #1066) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SUBSTANTIAL BOOK
- GREEN: “HEALTHY” CITIES
- BLUE: “LONG” THINGS
- PURPLE: COINS PLUS ONE LETTER
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1066): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1066 are…
- YELLOW: SUBSTANTIAL BOOK OPUS, VOLUME, WORK
- GREEN: “HEALTHY” CITIES MONICA, PAULO, PETERSBURG, SALVADOR
- BLUE: “LONG” THINGS DISTANCE, DIVISION, JOHNS, WEEKEND
- PURPLE: COINS PLUS ONE LETTER FRANCI, RANDO, REINO, WONK
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
I made three stupid mistakes after getting to the yellow group pretty quickly.
First, I was pretty sure I was looking for “HOLY” CITIES, but instead of MONICA I sent JOHNS. This will teach me to hastily add tiles, as the St John’s I was thinking of is a borough of London and not a city.
With only eight tiles left, I still managed to make two more mistakes: first, by thinking that RANDO and WONK were slang for types of relationships (so I added WEEKEND and DISTANCE). Then, with no evidence other than DIVISION as part of an ’80s band name, I clicked on WEEKEND, JOHNS, and REALM thinking they were one too.
Luckily by pure chance this gave me a “one away” and I finally saw that there were four “LONG” THINGS. I hope it wasn’t that difficult for you.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, May 11, game #1065)
- YELLOW: MOVE SILENTLY, WITH “IN” Crawl, slide, sneak, steal
- GREEN: TYPES OF SCHEMES COLOR, PONZI, PYRAMID, RHYME
- BLUE: DETECTIVE FILMS CHINATOWN, KNIVES OUT, SEVEN, VERTIGO
- PURPLE: BODY PARTS SURROUNDED BY TWO LETTERS ELEGY, KARMA, KEY, SHANDY
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.
