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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 you are instead looking for Wednesday’s puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Wednesday, May 20 (Game #1074).
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 #1075) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- LOVE
- CHESS
- HONEY
- MOON
- PEACH
- HOT
- YELLOW
- PUMPKIN
- ADVANTAGE
- CAN
- PECAN
- COLONEL
- TWO
- SHOT
- CABOOSE
- FORTY
NYT Connections Today (Game #1075) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Pastry delights
- GREEN: vague words
- BLUE: wimbledon scoreboard
- PURPLE: A spicy condiment
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 #1075) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TYPES OF FEET
- GREEN: THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH COLLAS
- BLUE: TENNIS SCORING TERMS
- PURPLE: ___ MUSTARD
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1075): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1075 are…
- YELLOW: TYPES OF FEET CHESS, PECAN, PUMPKIN, SHOOFLY
- GREEN: THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH COLLAS CABOOSE, CAN, MOON, PEACH
- BLUE: TENNIS SCORING TERMS ADVANTAGE, DEUCE, FORTY, LOVE
- PURPLE: ___ MUSTARD COLONEL, HONEY, HOT, YELLOW
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
A reverse rainbow for me today, as I got the supposedly hardest group first and couldn’t spot the easiest one.
The reason for this is that, like many players outside of the US, my knowledge of cakes is limited: I’m familiar with PUMPKIN and PECAN, but CHESS and SHOOFLY are niche. Meanwhile, although the later terminology is universal, the selection of THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH COLLAS is also quite US-centric.
Tennis, on the other hand, is not a problem and it turns out that so is ___ MUSTARD, although I got this purple group by accident after seeing HOT and HONEY next to each other and then thinking that COLONEL must refer to Mustard as in Clue/Cluedo.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, May 20, Game #1074)
- YELLOW: STOVE CONTROL SETTINGS HIGH, MEDIUM, OFF, SLOW COOK
- GREEN: POWER CONCENTRATION, STRENGTH, INTENSITY, POWER
- BLUE: MUSIC THEORY CONCEPTS INTERVAL, KEY, MODE, SCALE
- PURPLE: “DAY_____” FILMS GROUNDHOG, INDEPENDENCE, THE LONGEST, FORMATION
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.
