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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 and Answers for Friday, March 6 (Game #999).
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 #1000): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- ONE
- YOU
- SAND
- [CONNECTIONS LOGO]
- NEW
- DATING APP
- SINGLE
- ROMEO
- DOLLAR
- ART
- ASSET
- AIRPORT
- WHITE
- BECAUSE
- INTERNET CAFE
- DOLLAR
NYT Connections Today (Game #1000) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Single monetary unit
- GREEN: Capulet and Montague phrase
- BLUE: It goes in front of a medieval building.
- PURPLE: Locations to join
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 #1000) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: $1
- GREEN: “WHY ARE YOU ROMEO?”
- BLUE: WORDS BEFORE “CASTLE”
- PURPLE: WHERE YOU COULD MAKE A CONNECTION
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1000): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1000 are…
- YELLOW: $1 DOLLAR, DOLLAR, ONE, SINGLE
- GREEN: “WHY ARE YOU ROMEO?” ART, ROMEO, YOU, THEREFORE
- BLUE: WORDS BEFORE “CASTLE” Inflatable, NEW, SAND, WHITE
- PURPLE: WHERE YOU COULD MAKE A CONNECTION AIRPORT, DATE APP, INTERNET CAFE, THIS GAME
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
Happy 1000th birthday, Connections! Yes, everyone’s favorite daily group puzzle is celebrating its big milestone today and inevitably the NYT marked the occasion with a board reference.
It wasn’t exactly cryptic either, with ONE, YOU, SAND and then an image of the Connections logo in the top row.
Resisting the temptation to place them together, I instead combined ONE with SINGLE, DOLLAR, and DOLLAR to form the yellow $1 group. “WHY ARE YOU ROMEO?” was another easy one, especially since WHY and YOU immediately stood out as archaic words.
I felt like DATING APP and INTERNET CAFE could go together as examples of “internet age stuff” or similar, but I couldn’t think of two other options there, so I looked elsewhere.
Instead, I decided that SAND and BOUNCY could be in a WORDS BEFORE “CASTLE” group, and so they were. NEW also made sense, but BLANCO remained a mystery to me until I looked later and found out it’s an American restaurant chain. Thanks for keeping it global, NYT.
I was still a little puzzled as to which would be the remaining purple group: WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A CONNECTION makes sense in retrospect, although I’m not sure INTERNET CAFÉ quite fits. And do they even exist today?
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, March 6, game #999)
- YELLOW: FREE CHARGER LEECH, MOOCH, PARASITE, SPONGE
- GREEN: HIDDEN LID BLANKET, CAPE, CURTAIN, CAPE
- BLUE: WAYS YOU CAN REFER TO # HASH, NUMBER, POUND, SHARP
- PURPLE: WORDS FOR LUCIDITY, IN SINGULAR FACULTY, MARBLE, SENSE, INGENUITY
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.
