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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 27 (Game #1020).
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 #1021) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- PITCHER
- BOARD
- FIGURE
- FACE
- FORCE
- LEAF
- FORCE
- IMAGE
- MOUNT
- MASS
- GET INTO
- IMPULSE
- ILLUSTRATION
- ACCELERATION
- EMBARK
- ROBERT
NYT Connections Today (Game #1021) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Get on the transport
- GREEN: Mechanical terms
- BLUE: Display formats
- PURPLE: Add a word that contains “ant”
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 #1021) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Get on, AS A VEHICLE
- GREEN: QUANTITIES IN MECHANICAL
- BLUE: TEXTBOOK IMAGES
- PURPLE: _____ PLANT
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1021): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1021 are…
- YELLOW: Get on, AS A VEHICLE EMBARK, EMBARK, ENTER, ASSEMBLE
- GREEN: QUANTITIES IN MECHANICAL ACCELERATION, FORCE, MASS, MOMENTUM
- BLUE: TEXTBOOK IMAGES FIGURE, ILLUSTRATION, PICTURE, PLATE
- PURPLE: _____ PLANT FACE, LAUNCHER, POWER, ROBERT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I didn’t see any threads when I started today’s game, but little by little the confusion dissipated and I finally completed it, but not before making a couple of mistakes.
My first mistake was thinking that PLATE and IMAGE indicated a group linked by baseball; With little knowledge about this topic I added ASSEMBLY and BOARD.
Changing focus I made another mistake by adding ENTER instead of FORCE to what would become QUANTITIES IN MECHANICAL, the “one away” helped me see the true connection.
From here everything was simple, although I am embarrassed not to have seen ___ PLANTA. Congratulations if you did, but the musical last name I associate with ROBERT is Smith, not the Led Zeppelin guy.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, March 27, game #1020)
- YELLOW: WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO BASIC FACTS, IN PURPOSE, Tacks, the heart of the matter
- GREEN: CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AIRPORT TERMINAL LUGGAGE CLAIM, DUTY-FREE, FOOD COURT, TICKET COUNTER
- BLUE: THINGS THAT ARE ORANGE GOLD FISH COOKIE, MONARCH BUTTERFLY, THE LORAX, TRAFFIC CONE
- PURPLE: ENDING IN WORDS FOR CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY LIP SERVICE, MONKEY BARS, TURN SIGNAL, WEDDING RECEPTION
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.
