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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 Tuesday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Tuesday, March 17 (Game #1010).
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 (Game #1011): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- SPELL
- SHOUT
- RAIN
- COAT
- !!!!!!
- STRETCH
- CURSE
- WAH
- WINCE
- WHITE
- PATCH
- JUMP
- DELAY
- REALITY
- REVERBENCE
- PERIOD
NYT Connections Today (Game #1011) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Space in the middle
- GREEN: scream in pain
- BLUE: Effects pedals
- PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “neck”
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 #1011) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INTERVAL
- GREEN: REACT TO A HIT FINGER
- BLUE: GUITAR EFFECTS PEDALS
- PURPLE: _____ VERIFY
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1011): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1011 are…
- YELLOW: INTERVAL PATCH, STITCH, SPELL, STRETCH
- GREEN: REACT TO A HIT FINGER DAMN, JUMP, DO A DOLL, SCREAM
- BLUE: GUITAR EFFECTS PEDALS DELAY, REVERB, WAH, WHAMMY
- PURPLE: _____ VERIFY BLANK, COAT, RAIN, REALITY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
It took me four guesses before ___ CHECK was correct, as I was convinced SPELL should be one of the four tiles.
It was worth it though, as it finally gave me my second “purple first” of the week. Although I really think the GUITAR EFFECTS PEDALS should have been ranked as the hardest, especially since DELAY moved into the INTERVAL group.
I stub my toe every two weeks, so the green group should have been much more obvious to me; Last year I stubbed my left big toe so badly that I had to remove the toenail, and that certainly made me CURSE.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, March 17, Game #1010)
- YELLOW: METAPHORS OF THE PROBLEM BINDING, HOT WATER, JAM, PICKLE
- GREEN: MUSIC THEORY CONCEPTS KEY, TONE, SCALE, TONE
- BLUE: THINGS WITH ROPES BALLOON, KITE, TEA BAG, YOYO
- PURPLE: METAPHORS OF SPEED ARROW, LIGHTNING, ROCKET, WIND
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.
