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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 the Thursday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Thursday, April 9 (Game #1033).
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 (Set #1034) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- GONZO
- NUTTY
- CAROLINA REAPER
- CONNECTOR IN THE BOX
- SONIC
- FIRM
- TOASTER
- CHIPOTLE
- Pimento
- EJECTOR SEAT
- SWISS
- BLUE
- Emerging BOOK
- GENIUS
- LEAKY
- PEPERONCINO
NYT Connections Today (Game #1034) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: peppers
- GREEN: elastic things
- BLUE: Words for fromage
- PURPLE: A common color
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 #1034) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PEPPERS
- GREEN: THINGS THAT APPEAR
- BLUE: SWISS CHEESE DESCRIPTORS
- PURPLE: BLUE CHARACTERS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1034): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1034 are…
- YELLOW: PEPPERS BELL PEPPER, CAROLINA REAPER, CHIPOTLE, PEPPERONCINO
- GREEN: THINGS THAT APPEAR EJECTOR SEAT, CONNECTOR BOX, POP-UP BOOK, TOASTER
- BLUE: SWISS CHEESE DESCRIPTORS FIRM, HOLE, NUT, SWISS
- PURPLE: BLUE CHARACTERS BLUE, GENIUS, GONZO, SONIC
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I managed to get hold of the yellow PEPPERS group quickly, but sent off my quartet with some trepidation as, in the vein of CAROLINA REAPER, both JACK-IN-THE-BOX and EJECTOR SEAT sound like they could be particularly potent capiscums.
Spotting a group of cheeses with SWISS and BLUE among the remaining tiles, I was tempted to include JACK-IN-THE-BOX here as well, but in the end the connection to TOASTER and the other THINGS THAT POP were too strong.
Meanwhile, I’m sure I’m not the only European cheese snob who would have preferred that the group containing FIRM, HOLEY, NUTTY and SWISS had been called Emmental cheese descriptors rather than SWISS CHEESE DESCRIPTORS, since there are dozens of Swiss cheeses and most of them do not contain holes. Although, to be fair, maybe the fools at Connections HQ were thinking of Appenzeller.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday, April 9, game #1033)
- YELLOW: Somber BLUE, DARK, DOWN, LOW
- GREEN: OINTMENT BALM, CREAM, PASTE, RUB
- BLUE: ZODIAC SYMBOLS ARCHER, FISH, GOAT, RAM
- PURPLE: MUSCULAR, LESS “ED” SOUND CAT, RIP, CRUSH, YOKE
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.
