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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 #1030) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SHARE
- OLIVES
- MALLET
- HOP
- MOLE
- TICKET OFFICE
- BALL
- BET
- HOLES
- RAVE
- CAROUSEL
- CONCERN
- AVOID
- CLAIM
- TIMER
- HOEDOWN
NYT Connections today (game #1030) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Boogie evenings
- GREEN: Implied
- BLUE: Fun game where you hit a fake animal
- PURPLE: On Broadway but a little behind
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 #1030) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: EVENTS WITH DANCE
- GREEN: INTEREST
- BLUE: WHAC-A-MOLE COMPONENTS
- PURPLE: MUSICALS WITH LAST LETTER CHANGED
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1030) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1030 are…
- YELLOW: EVENTS WITH DANCE BALL, HOEDOWN, HOP, RAVE
- GREEN: INTEREST CLAIM, CONCERN, SHARING, ATTACK
- BLUE: WHAC-A-MOLE COMPONENTS HOLES, MALLET, MOLE, TIMER
- PURPLE: MUSICALS WITH LAST LETTER CHANGED CAROUSER, AVOID, OLIVES, WICKET
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
Seeing MALET and WICKET in today’s grid convinced me that we were looking for elements of the niche sport of croquet, which involves both those things and a BALL and quite possibly a STAKE, although I’m not entirely sure.
Either way, I was wrong – very, very wrong.
Luckily, that was the end of my mistakes and I cleared the other groups of four in order of difficulty. Congratulations to everyone who spotted the musicals – a brilliant pun from our confusing overlords.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday April 5, match #1029)
- YELLOW: ATOMIC STRUCTURE TERMS ELECTRON, NUCLEUS, ORBIT, SHELL
- GREEN: PARTS OF A SHERLOCK HOLMES COSTUME DEERSTALKER, MAGNIFIER, PIPE, VIOLIN
- BLUE: THINGS TO RETURN COIN PIECE, LIGHT SWITCH, PANCAKE, THE BIRD
- PURPLE: START WITH THE SYNONYMS OF “SLUSH” GOOGOL, MUSHROOM, PASTEURIZE, PULPITE
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.