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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, May 3 (game #1057).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
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 #1058) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
MARSHMALLOWLABUBURADIOCHOWDERBEANIE BABYSTOVEPITTER-PATTERETCH A SKETCHTEDDY BEARDESICCANT PACKETDOODLEBUGSWEETHEARTHACKY SACKCONTROL PANELSOFTIEEYE PILLOWNYT Connections today (game #1058) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Kind peopleGREEN: Filled with beads etcBLUE: Turn the dialsPURPLE: Begin with types of canine
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We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #1058) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: TENDER-HEARTED PERSONGREEN: PELLET-FILLED THINGSBLUE: THINGS WITH KNOBSPURPLE: STARTING WITH FAMILIAR NAMES FOR KINDS OF DOGS
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NYT Connections today (game #1058) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Connections, game #1058, are…
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YELLOW: TENDER-HEARTED PERSON MARSHMALLOW, SOFTIE, SWEETHEART, TEDDY BEARGREEN: PELLET-FILLED THINGS BEANIE BABY, DESICCANT PACKET, EYE PILLOW, HACKY SACKBLUE: THINGS WITH KNOBS CONTROL PANEL, ETCH A SKETCH, RADIO, STOVEPURPLE: STARTING WITH FAMILIAR NAMES FOR KINDS OF DOGS CHOWDER, DOODLEBUG, LABUBU, PITTER-PATTERMy rating: HardMy score: 2 mistakes
My first mistake was thinking that LABUBU, BEANIE BABY, ETCH A SKETCH and HACKY SACK were all something to do with childhood trends — I was less confident about HACKY SACK, obviously.
Next, I connected the soft and squishy things and after getting one away realized we were looking for soft and squishy people types of people or indeed a TENDER-HEARTED PERSON, so swapped EYE PILLOW for SWEETHEART.
CONTROL PANEL seemed an odd tile but after a shuffle I managed to cotton on that we were looking for THINGS WITH KNOBS.
With eight tiles left I got four of the dog-related tiles and gambled on PITTER-PATTER. All in all not my finest day of deduction.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, May 3, game #1057)YELLOW: HOME STRUCTURES GARAGE, HOUSE, PORCH, SHEDGREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH 1960S COUNTERCULTURE ACID, COMMUNE, FREE LOVE, HIPPIEBLUE: FAMOUS REVOLUTIONS IN HISTORY FRENCH, GREEN, INDUSTRIAL, SEXUALPURPLE: GESTURES MADE WITH THE INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS AIR QUOTES, BUNNY EARS, FINGERS CROSSED, PEACEWhat is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made 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 a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.