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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 Friday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Friday, March 13 (Game #1006).
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 (Game #1007) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- NIGHTMARE
- CONTRAPTION
- BINARY
- HAZE
- HOOTENANNY
- LICHEN
- MORSE
- DUOLINGO
- SPELL
- CLOUSEAU
- MOSCOW
- TRANCE
- DIOXIDE
- JAVERT
- DREAM
- TWILIGHT
NYT Connections Today (Game #1007) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: dizzy with that
- GREEN: Start with number words
- BLUE: Researchers
- PURPLE: Finish with the ladies of the corral.
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 #1007) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HYPNOTIC STATE
- GREEN: STARTING WITH PREFIXES THAT MEAN “TWO”
- BLUE: FICTIONAL INSPECTORS
- PURPLE: ENDING IN FEMALE ANIMALS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1007): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1007 are…
- YELLOW: HYPNOTIC STATE DREAM, MIST, SPELL, TRANCE
- GREEN: STARTING WITH PREFIXES THAT MEAN “TWO” BINARY, DIOXIDE, DUOLINGO, TWILIGHT
- BLUE: FICTIONAL INSPECTORS CLOUSEAU, GADGET, JAVERT, MORSE
- PURPLE: ENDING IN FEMALE ANIMALS HOOTENANNY, LICHEN, MOSCOW, NIGHTMARE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
After spending a short time reflecting on DREAM and NIGHTMARE, I was lucky to get my second “purple first” of the month.
I say lucky, because even though I saw the words at the end I had no idea THEY ENDED IN FEMALE ANIMALS until I pressed “send.”
I was much more confident in STARTING WITH PREFIXES MEANING “TWO”, but I’m disappointed that I didn’t see FICTIONAL INSPECTORS, although I’m sure I wasn’t the only player who didn’t know that JAVERT appears in Les Misérablesand unlike the other inspectors he does not have a raincoat.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, March 13, game #1006)
- YELLOW: “NO THANKS” THEN NO, THE NEXT STEP
- GREEN: TYPES OF NUMBERS EVEN, IRRATIONAL, PERFECT, MAIN
- BLUE: TYPES OF WALLS BERLIN, BRICK, ROOM, BIG
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF NON-NUMERICAL QUANTITIES POINT, NUN, UF, SUM
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.
