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, May 26 (Game #1080).
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 (Game #1081): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- BANJO
- OTHELLO
- YEAH
- NUTMEG
- VILLAGE
- DOCK
- OPERATION
- МАСВЕТН
- LEARN
- PROBLEM
- MONOGAMY
- COMMUNE
- MUNICIPALITY
- BATTLESHIP
- VILLAGE
- LADDER
NYT Connections Today (Game #1081) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: small towns
- GREEN: 80s toys
- BLUE: Look who’s gaping
- PURPLE: Appears in Louisa May Alcott’s classic.
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 #1081) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SMALL COMMUNITY
- GREEN: CLASSIC BOARD GAMES
- BLUE: HOMOPHONES OF WAYS OF LOOKING
- PURPLE: ENDING IN THE MARCH OF THE “WOMEN” SISTERS
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1081): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1081 are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I rate this game as difficult, as there were several sneaky traps that almost got me caught.
The rule to avoid falling into the Connections trap is not to be fooled by groups of three and I almost did that with the trio of Shakespeare plays.
I thought the same thing when I saw the link between the classic games OTHELLO, BATTLESHIP and OPERATION and didn’t see a fourth, but I decided to take the leap with TROUBLE because it definitely sounded like it could be a game; Fortunately, he was right.
However, I have good reason not to know, as in the UK where I live, this game, with its pop o’matic dice device, was known as Frustration. Hookups constantly bring up these strange cultural differences.
Congratulations if you saw the Little Women cluster.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, May 26, Game #1080)
- 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
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.
