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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, March 14 (Game #1007).
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 #1008) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- GOSSIP
- HOUND
- NEW
- TOY
- SPORTS
- LABOR
- BOOK
- FAIR
- SHADE
- MISSING
- BICYCLE
- CLUE
- SQUARE
- VIDEO GAME
- LINE
- HONEST
NYT Connections Today (Game #1008) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Following
- GREEN: Honorable behavior
- BLUE: What to buy for a 10 year old boy
- PURPLE: Cinematographic arts starring “a young woman”
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 #1008) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CHASE
- GREEN: SPORTY
- BLUE: CLASSIC GIFTS FOR CHILDREN
- PURPLE: “____ GIRL” TITLES
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1008): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1008 are…
- YELLOW: CHASE DOG, SHADOW, TAIL, TRACK
- GREEN: SPORTY FAIR, HONEST, SPORTY, SQUARE
- BLUE: CLASSIC GIFTS FOR CHILDREN BIKE, BOOK, TOY, VIDEO GAME
- PURPLE: “____ GIRL” TITLES GONE, GOSSIP, NEW, WORKING
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Seeing TOY and BOOK alongside FAIR temporarily left me out of attempting a fair group (are VIDEO GAME fairs a thing?) and GOSSIP and HOUND seemed to hint at another collection, but thankfully I quickly put these ideas aside.
In most groups there is always one square that you feel less confident about than the others, and in CHASING it was HOUND, which sounded closer to close-quarters stalking than the covert activities suggested by SHADOW, TAIL, and TRACK.
For SPORTSMANLIKE, the fourth tricky tile was SQUARE (isn’t that what you’d call an unattractive jock?), while for CLASSIC KID GIFTS it was definitely BOOK.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, March 14, game #1007)
- YELLOW: HYPNOTIC STATE DREAM, MIST, SPELL, TRANCE
- GREEN: STARTING WITH PREFIXES THAT MEAN “TWO” BINARY, DIOXIDE, DUOLINGO, TWILIGHT
- BLUE: FICTIONAL INSPECTORS CLOUSEAU, GADGET, JAVERT, MORSE
- PURPLE: ENDING IN FEMALE ANIMALS HOOTENANNY, LICHEN, MOSCOW, NIGHTMARE
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.
