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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, May 14 (Game #1068).
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 #1069) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- SAW
- JORDAN
- CROSS
- PITT
- ELBA
- PALM
- CIAO
- FORD
- WADE
- BIRD
- WAS
- CURRY
- JAIME
- LOOK
- ABLE
- CROSS
NYT Connections Today (Game #1069) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Navigating a waterway
- GREEN: basketball legends
- BLUE: Back to front pairs
- PURPLE: dog sounds
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 #1069) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SAIL ACROSS, LIKE A RIVER
- GREEN: ALL-TIME NBA MVPS
- BLUE: NON-PALINDROME WORDS IN A FAMOUS PALINDROME
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF TYPES OF DOGS, FAMILIAR
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1069): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1069 are…
- YELLOW: SAIL ACROSS, LIKE A RIVER CRUZ, FORD, TRAVERSE, WADE
- GREEN: ALL-TIME NBA MVPS BIRD, CURRY, JAMES, JORDAN
- BLUE: NON-PALINDROME WORDS IN A FAMOUS PALINDROME ABLE, ELBA, VI, WAS
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF TYPES OF DOGS, FAMILIAR CIAO, PALMA, PEEK, PITT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I saw five surnames of basketball legends among today’s cards, but even though my limited knowledge went that far I didn’t know which of them to eliminate, so I decided to see if I could get another group and eliminate one of the five.
That happened pretty quickly, as I decided that WADE wasn’t here because of Dwyane, but because it was a word that describes crossing water, or should I say SAILING ACROSS, LIKE A RIVER.
After this win I was confident in picking JAMES, CURRY, BIRD and JORDAN, but I had no idea what connected the remaining eight tiles until I saw that ABLE and ELBA had the same letters and so did WAS and SAW. A good thing, as the purple group rose far above my head.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday, May 14, Game #1068)
- YELLOW: PREMONITION VISUAL FEELING, WORD, INTUITION, SIXTH SENSE
- GREEN: CELL PHONE MODES DO NOT DISTURB, RINGS, SILENCE, VIBRATES
- BLUE: BAD THINGS TO DO ON MODERN DATING PAN ROUTE, CATFISH, GHOST, LOVE BOMB
- PURPLE: PHRASES WHOSE SECOND WORDS INCLUDE THE FIRST WORD
- AIR CAIRO, ALL SAINTS, ARM WARMERS, THE OTHERS
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 elements 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.
