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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, May 15 (Game #1069).
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 (Set #1070) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- THERMOSTAT
- PIANO
- PLAY
- VIOLIN
- FLUTE
- FORTE
- DISORDER
- BASSOON
- BELFAST
- STEIN
- LONG
- GLASS
- GYPSY
- NESQUICK
- coupe
- JOY
NYT Connections Today (Game #1070) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Something you drink
- GREEN: Moving without address
- BLUE: Notes on notes
- PURPLE: Finally about to be ready
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 #1070) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GLASSWARE
- GREEN: TEACH YOURSELF (WITH)
- BLUE: MUSIC PERFORMANCE DIRECTIONS
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS OF “ASAP”
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1070): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1070 are…
- YELLOW: GLASSWARE COUPÉ, FLUTE, STEIN, GLASS
- GREEN: TEACH YOURSELF (WITH) VIOLIN, MESSAGE, PLAY, TINKER
- BLUE: MUSIC PERFORMANCE DIRECTIONS ALLEGRO, FORTE, LARGO, PIANO
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS OF “ASAP” FAGOT, BELFAST, NESQUICK, THERMOSTAT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
I was reluctant to link all four musical instruments, but still made a couple of mistakes, although they are easier to understand since I was on the right track and got a “one away” popup for both.
The first was not knowing what the fourth piece of GLASSWARE could be after GLASS, FLUTE and STEIN. The next thing was to think that FAGOTON instead of PIANO was one of the DIRECTIONS OF MUSIC INTERPRETATION.
In the end I managed it, although thinking about it, today’s purple group seemed much easier than usual. Congratulations if you got it first.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, May 15, Game #1069)
- YELLOW: SAIL ACROSS, LIKE A RIVER CRUZ, FORD, TRAVERSE, WADE
- GREEN: ALL-TIME NBA MVPS BIRD, CURRY, JAMES, JORDAN
- BLUE: NON-PALINDROME WORDS IN A FAMOUS PALINDROME ABLE, ELBA, VI, WAS
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF TYPES OF DOGS, FAMILIAR CIAO, PALMA, PEEK, PITT
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.
