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 instead you are looking for the Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Sunday, May 17 (Game #1071).
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 (Game #1072): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- wiki
- POP
- SPLIT
- CHAPLAIN
- PERE
- BULK
- BLOW
- CHEAP
- EARP
- PEAR
- CRACK
- REAL
- RED
- PAIR
- TWIN
- CUT
NYT Connections Today (Game #1072) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Similar sounds
- GREEN: separate
- BLUE: baseball stars
- PURPLE: edible mix
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 #1072) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HOMOPHONES
- GREEN: BREAKOUT
- BLUE: MLB PLAYER
- PURPLE: ANAGRAMS OF FRUIT
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1072): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1072 are…
- YELLOW: HOMOPHONES PAR, PAR, PERA, PÈRE
- GREEN: BREAKOUT HIT, CRACK, POP, SPLIT
- BLUE: MLB PLAYER FATHER, RED, ROYAL, TWIN
- PURPLE: ANAGRAMS OF FRUIT CHEAP, EARP, LUMP, WIKI
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
PEAR, PARE, PÉRE and PAIR immediately felt like a trap, especially since PARE and SPLIT are similar words. However, I wasn’t 100% sure, so I decided to leave the four of them alone.
Seeing that EARP was an anagram of PEAR, I set out to see what other FRUIT ANAGRAMS I could spot and was rewarded with a purple first one.
After this triumph, I decided to try and risk matching all those couples. After all, it’s not a trick. Oh, what games Connections plays with us.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, May 17, Game #1071)
- YELLOW: DUCT DUCT, LINE, MAIN, PIPE
- GREEN: SCAM POLAR, HOSE, TIGHTENING, RIGID
- BLUE: VERBS FOR MAKING TEA BOIL, POUR, STAND, STRAIN
- PURPLE: “SCHOOL” MODIFIER GRADE, GRAMMAR, HIGH, PRIMARY
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.
