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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Friday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Friday, March 13 (Thu #1006).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the clever word game from the New York Times that challenges you to group answers into different categories. This can be difficult, so read on if you need tips on connections.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on 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 #1007) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- NIGHTMARE
- GADGET
- BINARY
- HAZE
- HOOTENANNY
- LICHEN
- WALRUS
- DUOLINGO
- SPELL
- CLOUSEAU
- MOSCOW
- TRANCE
- DIOXIDE
- JAVERT
- DREAM
- DUSK
NYT Connections today (game #1007) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: I’m dizzy
- GREEN: Start with number words
- BLUE: Investigators
- PURPLE: Finish with the farm ladies
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections today (game #1007) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HYPNOTIC STATE
- GREEN: STARTING WITH THE PREFIXES MEANING “TWO”
- BLUE: FICTIONAL INSPECTORS
- PURPLE: END IN FEMALE ANIMALS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1007) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1007 are…
- YELLOW: HYPNOTIC STATE DREAM, MIST, SPELL, TRANCE
- GREEN: STARTING WITH THE PREFIXES MEANING “TWO” BINARY, DIOXIDE, DUOLINGO, TWILIGHT
- BLUE: FICTIONAL INSPECTORS CLOUSEAU, GADGET, JAVERT, MORSE
- PURPLE: END IN FEMALE ANIMALS HOOTENANNY, LICHEN, MOSCOW, NIGHTMARE
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
After a brief moment of thinking about DREAM and NIGHTMARE, I was lucky enough to get my second “purple prime” of the month.
I say lucky, because even though I spotted the words at the end, I had no idea they ended in female animals until I hit “submit.”
I was much more confident about STARTING WITH THE PREFIXES MEANING “TWO”, but I’m disappointed that I didn’t see FICTIONAL INSPECTORS – although I’m sure I wasn’t the only player who didn’t know that JAVERT is in Les Miserablesand unlike the other inspectors, he does not have a raincoat.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday March 13, Thu #1006)
- YELLOW: “NO THANK YOU” LATER, NAN, NEXT TIME, GO
- GREEN: TYPES OF DIGITS SAME, IRRATIONAL, PERFECT, BONUS
- BLUE: WALL TYPES BERLIN, BRICK, FOURTH, LARGE
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF NON-NUMERIC AMOUNTS PUNCH, NUN, PHEW, SUM
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several 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 more difficult, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the final question, as you will be able to answer it through a process of elimination. Additionally, you can make up to four mistakes, giving you some breathing room.
However, it’s a bit more complex than something like Wordle, and the game provides plenty of opportunities to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that could obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games website on computer or mobile.