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 Tuesday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Tuesday, April 21 (Game #1045).
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 #1046) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- TRUCK
- POLISH
- NICE
- SLUG
- DECK
- GAME
- WHEEL
- GRASS
- CLAY
- SOCK
- READING
- ARTIST
- STICKS
- GLAZE
- PUNCH
- OVEN
NYT Connections Today (Game #1046) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Used to make a vase.
- GREEN: criticized by
- BLUE: Say it another way
- PURPLE: Start with two words that mean “lift vertically”
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 #1046) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CERAMIC EQUIPMENT
- GREEN: HIT
- BLUE: WORDS PRONOUNCED IN DIFFERENT WAYS AS PROPER NOUN
- PURPLE: COLLECT ____
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1046): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1046 are…
- YELLOW: CERAMIC EQUIPMENT CLAY, ENAMEL, OVEN, WHEEL
- GREEN: HIT COVER, PUNCH, SLUG, SOCK
- BLUE: WORDS PRONOUNCED IN DIFFERENT WAYS AS PROPER NOUNS GRASS, NICE, POLISH, READING
- PURPLE: COLLECT ____ ARTIST, GAME, STICKS, TRUCK
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I didn’t make any mistakes in this game, but I came pretty close to making a lot.
Years watching a British television program called The great demolition of ceramics It’s the only reason I got today’s yellow group. The rest was all by chance.
WALLOP I thought it was about boxing terminology and the blue group I thought it had something to do with double meanings, because both READING and NICE are cities as well as words. I ended up being wrong but also right, which is sometimes the beauty of Connections.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, April 21, game #1045)
- YELLOW: AMBLE (ENTRANCE) BREEZE, MOSEY, RIDE, WALTZ
- GREEN: BALDERDASH BALONYA, BILGE, BULL, BUNK
- BLUE: TYPES OF BAGS CROSSBODY BAG, HOBO, MESSENGER, SADDLE
- PURPLE: ONE WORD JAMES BOND MOVIE TITLE BEGINNINGS GOLD, MOON, OCTOPUS, THUNDER
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.
