Are you looking for a different day?
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 Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Sunday, May 24 (Game #1078).
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.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play more word games, of course. I also have daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle’s current page covers the original viral word game.
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 #1079): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- FOREHEAD
- COVER
- COVER
- CYA
- APEX
- ATM
- PIN
- JOT
- LASH
- HA HA HA
- SCRAP
- SHIRT
- STICKER
- BALL
- aunt
- PINCH
NYT Connections Today (Game #1079) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: free loot
- GREEN: small quantity
- BLUE: speak text
- PURPLE: look for a body part
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 #1079) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: COMMON PROMOTIONAL ITEMS
- GREEN: SMALL
- BLUE: TEXTING ABBREVIATIONS
- PURPLE: EYE____
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1079): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1079 are…
- YELLOW: COMMON PROMOTIONAL ITEMS CAP, PIN, SHIRT, STICKER
- GREEN: SMALL JOT, SCRAP, CRUSH, PICK
- BLUE: TEXTING ABBREVIATIONS ATM, CYA, LOL, TIA
- PURPLE: EYE____ BALL, EYEBROW, EYELASH, CAP
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
My mistake today came about because I thought I was being very clever and would get a “purple first” after plugging in BROW, CYA, WHIT, PIN, thinking they were all colors except one letter, as in brown, cyan, white, and pink.
Dejected, I managed to link JOT, SCRAP and SHRED and gambled with luck with WHIT.
ATM, LOL, and TIA I knew as TEXT ABBREVIATIONS, but I didn’t realize that CYA was a short way of saying “See you around,” although when I Googled it, the AI search answer was that it meant “cover your ass.”
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, May 24, Game #1078)
- YELLOW: FARM ACCESSORIES COOPERA, PEN, SHED, STABLE
- GREEN: LABOR PROTEST ACTIONS MARCH, PICKET, DEMONSTRATION, STRIKE
- BLUE: OBJECTS USED IN RITUAL PERFORMANCES DRUM, MASK, RATTLE, STAFF
- PURPLE: POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES PLUS ONE LETTER GRASS, WHISTLE, ITSY, MYA
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.
