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 you are instead looking for Wednesday’s puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Wednesday, May 27 (Game #1081).
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 #1082) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- HOP
- BAR
- PRESS
- INTRODUCE
- BANK
- RAISE
- MEDIA
- HUNCH
- NEWS
- BEND
- STOP
- PAPERS
- BEND
- DUCK
- EARRING
- PODIUM
NYT Connections Today (Game #1082) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: sink
- GREEN: Reporting organizations
- BLUE: Things seen in a trial
- PURPLE: snow business
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 #1082) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DOWN
- GREEN: FOURTH POWER
- BLUE: PARTS OF A COURT ROOM
- PURPLE: SKI___
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1082): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1082 are…
- YELLOW: DOWN Crouch, hump, squat, crouch
- GREEN: FOURTH POWER MEDIA, NEWS, ARTICLES, PRESS
- BLUE: PARTS OF A COURT ROOM BAR, BENCH, PODIUM, STAND
- PURPLE: SKI__ JUMP, ELEVATION, ACCOMMODATION, SLOPE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I was very tempted by the four words related to weight training: PRESS, BAR, BENCH and SQUAT, but managed to resist after thinking that Squat and Squat should go together.
FOURTH POWER is an interesting term and one I hadn’t really thought about in its origins until today’s game.
The term comes from ancient European ideas about how society and politics functioned, divided into three distinct groups: the nobility, the clergy, and the commoners. Those working for the media, whose job it is to document these three groups, found themselves in a fourth group. I love when Connections sends us down these Google rabbit holes.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday, May 27, Game #1081)
- YELLOW: SMALL COMMUNITY COMMUNE, VILLAGE, MUNICIPALITY, TOWN
- GREEN: CLASSIC BOARD GAMES BATTLE, OPERATION, OTHELLO, PROBLEM
- BLUE: HOMOPHONES OF WAYS OF LOOKING YES, LEAR, DOCK, LADDER
- PURPLE: ENDING IN THE MARCH OF THE “WOMEN” SISTERS BANJO, MACBETH, MONOGAMY, NUTS
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.
