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 28 (Game #1082).
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 #1083) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- DUST
- FATHER
- READING
- ATLANTIC
- PENNSYLVANIA
- BILLIARD
- PEACEFUL
- B.O.
- AMMONIA
- PROTACTINIUM
- WET DOG
- DRAWING
- INDIAN
- DURIAN
- PUBLIC ADDRESS
- ARCTIC
NYT Connections Today (Game #1083) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: large bodies of water
- GREEN: stinky things
- BLUE: Areas in an elegant house
- PURPLE: Also what you would call a personal assistant.
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 #1083) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: OCEANS
- GREEN: SOURCES OF DISTINCTIVE SMELLS
- BLUE: TYPES OF ROOMS IN A MANSION
- PURPLE: WHAT “PA” COULD REFER TO
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1083): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1083 are…
- YELLOW: OCEANS ARCTIC, ATLANTIC, INDIAN, PACIFIC
- GREEN: SOURCES OF DISTINCTIVE SMELLS AMMONIA, BO, DURIAN, WET DOG
- BLUE: TYPES OF ROOMS IN A MANSION BILLIARDS, DRAWING, DUST, READING
- PURPLE: WHAT “PA” COULD REFER TO FATHER, PENNSYLVANIA, PROTACTINIUM, PUBLIC ADDRESS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I had no idea what PROTACTINIUM was, but I decided it smelled and placed it next to DURIAN, WET DOG, and AMMONIA, all of which I knew stunk.
My big mistake here was not seeing that BO was short for body odor and not what I had initially considered a casual greeting between ’90s hip-hop fans.
I have since learned that PROTACTINIUM is a dense, highly radioactive and toxic actinide metal. So it might smell funny, especially if kept in a sealed box with some blue cheese, but it wouldn’t be a good idea to find out.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday, May 28, Game #1082)
- YELLOW: DOWN Crouch, hump, squat, crouch
- GREEN: FOURTH POWER MEDIA, NEWS, ARTICLES, PRESS
- BLUE: PARTS OF A COURT ROOM BAR, BENCH, PODIUM, STAND
- PURPLE: SKI__ JUMP, ELEVATION, ACCOMMODATION, SLOPE
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.
