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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, April 19 (Game #1043).
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 #1044) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- CYBERNETIC
- HOURGLASS
- BLUE
- CLOUD
- STICK
- WEB
- maniac
- NET
- BREATH
- POISON
- HOOK
- WAVE
- BAIT
- PLUME
- NO MEAT
- CANNIBALISM
NYT Connections Today (Game #1044) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: a lot of smoke
- GREEN: Used for fishing
- BLUE: Linked to an infamous arachnid
- PURPLE: The week begins
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 #1044) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MASS OF SMOKE
- GREEN: FISHING GEAR
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS
- PURPLE: _____ MONDAY
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1044): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1044 are…
- YELLOW: MASS OF SMOKE SWAVE, CLOUD, FEATHER, BLOW
- GREEN: FISHING GEAR BAIT, HOOK, NET, ROD
- BLUE: ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS CANNIBALISM, HOURGLASS, POISON, WEB
- PURPLE: _____ MONDAY BLUE, CYBER, MANIAC, MEATLESS
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
A little musical knowledge led me to my 33rd “Purple First” thanks to blue monday by New Order and Prince’s manic monday, made famous by The Bangles. I was confident in CYBER, but chose MEATLESS simply for the alliteration.
This actually seemed like the easiest group, not that I’m complaining.
Elsewhere, knowledge of nature may have helped me ASSOCIATE WITH BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS, but I saw the more obvious yellow and green groups first.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, April 19, game #1043)
- YELLOW: SHAMEFUL ARCH, COOL, BOLD, WISE
- GREEN: DRESS MEASUREMENTS BUST, HIPS, LENGTH, WAIST
- BLUE: CARDS IN TEXAS HOLD ‘EM FLOP, HOLE, RIVER, SPIN
- PURPLE: LAST WORDS OF CANDY BRANDS IN SINGULAR CAP, DUD, BOY, MINT
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.
