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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 Saturday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Saturday, April 11 (Game #1035).
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 #1036) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- FLY
- PAPER
- CARRY
- CAST
- GNOME
- PROJECT
- ANGLE
- SHED
- POSITION
- RUSSIAN
- SLAP
- RAG
- RADIATE
- POSITION
- BELT LOOP
NYT Connections Today (Game #1036) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Pants elements
- GREEN: how one sees it
- BLUE: let it shine
- PURPLE: Add the word for a humanoid toy.
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 #1036) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PANTS CHARACTERISTICS
- GREEN: PERSPECTIVE
- BLUE: EMIT
- PURPLE: _____DOLL
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1036): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1036 are…
- YELLOW: PANTS CHARACTERISTICS Belt loop, cuff, fly, pocket.
- GREEN: PERSPECTIVE ANGLE, POSITION, POSTURE, TAKE
- BLUE: EMIT DISTRIBUTION, PROJECT, RADIATE, COVER
- PURPLE: _____DOLL PAPER, RAG, RUSSIAN, TROLL
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I managed not to make any mistakes in this game, but I came close to putting together a couple of groups that didn’t make it to the final four.
The first linked FLY, CAST, ANGLE and TROLL as fishing-related terms and the other was a group about being mean to someone that would include RAG, TROLL and CUFF. Fortunately, I didn’t have enough confidence to go ahead with any of the ideas.
Instead, PANTS CHARACTERISTICS seemed like an obvious pick, although I gave up on CUFF and from here the other groups fell neatly into place, as they usually do when you complete this game in order of difficulty.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, April 11, game #1035)
- BLUE: STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS BEAM, CLAMP, COLUMN, SUPPORT
- YELLOW: FOUND IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR ICE SCRAPER, JACK, JUMP CABLES, SPARE TIRE
- GREEN: BENEFACTOR ANGEL, CHAMPION, SPONSOR, SPONSOR
- PURPLE: ENDING IN BODIES OF WATER BOMBAY, CHELSEA, SCREWDRIVER, SNOWFLAKE
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.
