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 you are instead looking for the Thursday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Thursday, May 21 (Game #1075).
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 #1076): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- SLOEY-GOOSEY
- CONVENTION
- REGISTER
- LUGGAGE CLAIM
- CONTINUE
- HABIT
- VERIFY
- LANE
- FOLLOW UP
- ASSEMBLY LINE
- THE CHILD
- SOCIAL NORM
- TOUCH BASE
- ROTARY
- SUSHI BAR
- UNWRITTEN
- RULER
- RECONNECT
- CUSTOM MADE
NYT Connections Today (Game #1076) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Meet an old friend
- GREEN: how is
- BLUE: Moving surfaces
- PURPLE: Sounds like someone you know
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 #1076) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: REACH OUT
- GREEN: HOW THINGS ARE DONE
- BLUE: PLACES WITH CONVEYOR BELTS
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH HOMOPHONE NAMES
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1076): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1076 are…
- YELLOW: REACH OUT REGISTER, FOLLOW, RECONNECT, TOUCH BASE
- GREEN: HOW THINGS ARE DONE CONVENTION, CUSTOM, SOCIAL NORMS, UNWRITTEN RULE
- BLUE: PLACES WITH CONVEYOR BELTS ASSEMBLY LINE, LUGGAGE CLAIM, CHECKOUT RAIL, ROTATING SUSHI BAR
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH HOMOPHONE NAMES HAND EQUIPMENT, THE CHILD, LOOSE, CUSTOMIZED
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I couldn’t get three first purple games in a row, but I did manage to complete another game without errors, which, with my habit of falling for Connection’s clever tricks, is no easy feat.
That said, purple aside, this was a fairly straightforward game with minimal crossover of group shenanigans; might come close, but not close enough, to a group of words related to the airport terminal.
Despite not turning purple, it was nice to see LOOSEY-GOOSEY among the tiles, especially since someone who could be described as LOOSEY-GOOSEY is exactly the type of person who would make fun of THE WAY THINGS ARE DONE.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Thursday, May 21, Game #1075)
- 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
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.
