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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 20 (Game #1013).
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 #1014) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- POUND
- FLAT
- OBJECT
- CROWN
- HOP
- BRAND
- FRANC
- RICH
- GOAL
- RIGHT
- SPOT
- BISHOP
- KING
- BLUNT
- FROST
- CAPTURE
NYT Connections Today (Game #1014) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Matter of fact
- GREEN: Goal and purpose
- BLUE: Ladies
- PURPLE: American Word Writers
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 #1014) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DIRECT
- GREEN: TARGET
- BLUE: LADIES’ TERMS
- PURPLE: AMERICAN POETS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1014): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1014 are…
- YELLOW: DIRECT CONTAINED, FRANK, SIMPLE, STRAIGHT
- GREEN: TARGET GOAL, MARK, OBJECT, POINT
- BLUE: LADIES’ TERMS CAPTURE, CROWN, JUMP, KING
- PURPLE: AMERICAN POETS OF THE 20TH CENTURY BISHOP, FROST, LIBRA, RICH
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
This is the second day in a row that I have solved all four groups in order of difficulty yellow, green, blue and purple, which is the next most satisfying sequence after getting purple first.
My mistake came near the end, when I fooled myself into thinking we were collecting something that had to do with chess, rather than something that had to do with CHECKERS’ TERMS, so I had BISHOP instead of JUMP.
CHECKERS brings back happy memories for me, since it is a game that I played with my grandfather, and in which he would never let me win; I would consider it a victory just to get a single KING. It was then, I think, that I first decided that in every defeat there is still a small victory somewhere, you just have to find it.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, March 20, Game #1013)
- YELLOW: DISTURB ALARM, WORRY, RATTLE, SHAKE
- GREEN: WORDS ON A MONOPOLY BOARD PROMENADE, OPPORTUNITY, LUXURY, PARKING
- BLUE: FIGURE IN GREEK MYTH DESTINY, FURY, MUSE, MERMAID
- PURPLE: EGG ____ CARDBOARD, NOODLES, ROLL, TIMER
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.
