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 Monday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Monday, May 25 (Game #1079).
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 #1080) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BIG
- RING
- TINSEL
- FOCUS
- PLANE
- CUP
- SPOT
- SILENT
- HEAR
- CLUE
- SUBJECT
- TWINS
- PENNANT
- GET
- CONCERN
- MEDAL
NYT Connections Today (Game #1080) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: What do the winners get?
- GREEN: The reason
- BLUE: classic movies
- PURPLE: letters in common
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 #1080) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZES
- GREEN: THE ISSUE IN CONSIDERATION
- BLUE: 80’S COMEDIES
- PURPLE: ANAGRAMS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1080): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1080 are…
- YELLOW: CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZES CUP, MEDAL, FLAG, RING
- GREEN: THE ISSUE IN CONSIDERATION CONCERN, FOCUS, POINT, ISSUE
- BLUE: 80’S COMEDIES PLANE, BIG, TRACK, TWINS
- PURPLE: ANAGRAMS READY, LISTEN, SILENCE, TINSEL
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
It’s annoying when you don’t follow a hunch because you think it’s some kind of dastardly trick.
I immediately thought that BIG and AIRPLANE must be about the movies, but I hesitated for two reasons: first, after including TWINS I couldn’t see a fourth comedy movie, and second, because the movie Plane! has an exclamation point. I guess I picked the wrong week to stop making wild guesses about Connections.
The purple group was also within reach after I thought it was strange that two tiles started with LIST; Congratulations if you managed to detect all four ANAGRAMS.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Monday, May 25, game #1079)
- YELLOW: COMMON PROMOTIONAL ITEMS CAP, PIN, SHIRT, STICKER
- GREEN: SMALL JOT, SCRAP, CRUSH, PICK
- BLUE: TEXTING ABBREVIATIONS ATM, CYA, LOL, TIA
- PURPLE: EYE____ BALL, EYEBROW, EYELASH, CAP
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.
