Are you looking for a different day?
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, May 23 (Game #1077).
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.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play more word games, of course. I also have daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle’s current page covers the original viral word game.
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 #1078) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- RATTLE
- PEN
- STAFF
- WHISTLE
- GRASS
- SHED
- ITSY
- FACE MASK
- STRIKE
- DRUM
- STABLE
- MARCH
- MEETING
- MYA
- PICKET
- COOPERATIVE
NYT Connections Today (Game #1078) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Animal homes
- GREEN: Labor dispute reactions
- BLUE: Antique accessories
- PURPLE: Added membership
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 #1078) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FARM ACCESSORIES
- GREEN: LABOR PROTEST ACTIONS
- BLUE: OBJECTS USED IN RITUAL PERFORMANCES
- PURPLE: POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES PLUS ONE LETTER
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1078): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1078 are…
- YELLOW: FARM ACCESSORIES COOPERA, PEN, SHED, STABLE
- GREEN: LABOR PROTEST ACTIONS MARCH, PICKET, DEMONSTRATION, STRIKE
- BLUE: OBJECTS USED IN RITUAL PERFORMANCES DRUM, MASK, RATTLE, STAFF
- PURPLE: POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES PLUS ONE LETTER GRASS, WHISTLE, ITSY, MYA
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
This was one of those quiet days where I saw all four groups almost immediately.
My only moment of distraction was looking at the RATTLE and DRUM tiles and momentarily thinking that there was some kind of drum group or category about U2 album titles.
The mistake I made was not pausing and figuring out what the most likely purple group would be. I really should have guessed ITSY, HISS, and the other POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES PLUS ONE LETTER, because there’s a long history of “possessive” puns ranking as the hardest to come by.
“Homophones of possessive adjectives” was a purple group last month, “beginning with a possessive pronoun” was purple in December, and “beginning with a possessive determiner” was purple in September. Well, there will always be a next time.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, May 23, game #1077)
- YELLOW: HAIRSTYLES HIVE, BOUFANT, BOW, COPEO
- GREEN: EASIER FIRST, PREFERABLY, RATHER, BEFORE
- BLUE: MARVEL CHARACTERS DAREDEVIL, HAWKEYE, NIGHTCRAWLER, WOLVERINE
PURPLE: WORDS AFTER “THE” IN “STAR WARS” MOVIE TITLES EMPIRE, FORCE, LAST, GHOST
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.
