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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’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Saturday, March 28 (Thu #1021).
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 #1022) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- GRAFFITI
- RECEIVED
- STRETCHABLE
- HUSTLE
- PSYCHO
- ROBOT
- BEAUTY
- STENCIL
- POSTER
- BODY
- TWIST
- QUESTION
- CHECK
- MASHED POTATOES
- WALL
- CUT
NYT Connections today (game #1022) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Urban art formats
- GREEN: Boogie back in the day
- BLUE: Perfect silence
- PURPLE: Add Zuckerberg’s first name
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 #1022) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: IMAGES SEEN IN THE STREET
- GREEN: THE LIVERS OF RETRO DANCE
- BLUE: “p” SILENT
- PURPLE: ___ BRAND
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1022) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1022 are…
- YELLOW: IMAGES SEEN IN THE STREET GRAFFITI, WALL, POSTER, STENCIL
- GREEN: THE LIVERS OF RETRO DANCE HUSTLE, MASHED POTATOES, ROBOT, TWIST
- BLUE: “p” SILENT BODY, BLOW, PSYCHO, RECEIVED
- PURPLE: ___ BRAND BEAUTY, CHECK, QUESTION, STRETCH
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
It was a very rare game for me in that I saw all the groups at the same time.
That said, I had a bit of a question mark about dance crazes – I knew about HUSTLE, MASHED POTATO and TWIST of course, but I thought ROBOT might be a thing because it seemed to be from the 21st century, while the others were popular in the 1960s and 1970s. PSYCHO seemed like a possibility.
Instead, I put that aside and submitted the two groups I was certain of. I was convinced that one of them would be the purple group, but alas I chose SILENT “p” rather than ____ MARK. This feels like a missed opportunity to win another “purple first”.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday March 28, match #1021)
- YELLOW: RIDE ON, AS A VEHICLE Board, board, enter, board
- GREEN: QUANTITIES IN MECHANICS ACCELERATION, FORCE, MASS, MOMENTUM
- BLUE: TEXTBOOK IMAGES FIGURE, ILLUSTRATION, IMAGE, PLATE
- PURPLE: _____ PLANT FACE, JUG, POWER, ROBERT
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.
