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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 Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Sunday, March 15 (Game #1008).
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 (Game #1009) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- WELL
- SLOT
- ANY
- TWO
- GONNA
- TRAFFIC
- PRIDE
- ENVY
- CARTER
- MOLASSES
- STRUGGLE
- PACK
- SHEATH
- EMMY
- HERD
- GLACIER
NYT Connections Today (Game #1009) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Collective names of beasts.
- GREEN: Opposite of fast
- BLUE: It contains a letter that you cannot hear.
- PURPLE: homophones of united states
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 #1009) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: NAMES OF ANIMAL GROUPS
- GREEN: THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING SLOW
- BLUE: SILENT “W”
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1009): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1009 are…
- YELLOW: NAMES OF ANIMAL GROUPS HERD, PACK, POD, PRIDE
- GREEN: THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING SLOW GLACIER, MOLASSES, LAZY, TRAFFIC
- BLUE: SILENT “W” CART, TWO, ANGER, FIGHT
- PURPLE: WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS ANYONE, EMMY, ENVY, OK
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
As is often the case when I get the purple group first, it was by luck rather than design, as the link I saw was two-syllable words, but kudos if you knew they were WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE STATE ABBREVIATIONS.
The names of the animal groups seemed pretty straightforward, apart from a slight hesitation about GAGGLE, which is the collective noun for a collection of geese.
On the subject of geese, the other day I had to try to explain the British class system to someone and my explanation was: ducks are working class, geese are middle class and swans are upper class. It kind of works, the swans really fancy themselves as the lords of the manor, the geese like to take places that used to belong to the ducks, and the ducks take each other for granted.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, March 15, Game #1008)
- YELLOW: CHASE DOG, SHADOW, TAIL, TRACK
- GREEN: SPORTY FAIR, HONEST, SPORTY, SQUARE
- BLUE: CLASSIC GIFTS FOR CHILDREN BIKE, BOOK, TOY, VIDEO GAME
- PURPLE: “____ GIRL” TITLES GONE, GOSSIP, NEW, WORKING
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.
