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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 Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Sunday, April 12 (Thu #1036).
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 #1037) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MAGIC WAND
- VELVET ROPE
- MUSHROOM
- САРЕ
- LASSO
- HANDKERCHIEF
- CAPITAL
- HOME
- PEN
- TICKETS
- CAMERA LENS
- TICKET LINE
- MONTANA
- BASEBALL PLAYER
- SOPRANO
- RABBIT
NYT Connections today (game #1037) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Spotted in the cinema
- GREEN: Things a trickster owns
- BLUE: Small screen characters
- PURPLE: Think: a kind of hat
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 #1037) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SEEN OUTSIDE A THEATER
- GREEN: ACCESSORIES FOR A MAGICIAN
- BLUE: TV SHOW TITLE NAMES
- PURPLE: THEY HAVE CAPS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1037) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1037 are…
- YELLOW: SEEN OUTSIDE A THEATER TICKET OFFICE, MARQUET, TICKET LINE, VELVET ROPE
- GREEN: ACCESSORIES FOR A MAGICIAN CAPE, HANDKERCHIEF, MAGIC WAND, RABBIT
- BLUE: TV SHOW TITLE NAMES HOUSE, LASSO, MONTANA, SOPRANO
- PURPLE: THEY HAVE CAPS BASEBALL PLAYER, CAMERA LENS, MUSHROOM, PEN
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
After seeing SOPRANO and LASSO on the grid, I was pretty sure there must be a group on the last names of TV show titles, but MONTANA made me hesitate and check to see if there were any other Tonys in the game after Tony SOPRANO and Tony MONTANA. In the end, I stuck to my intuition and started HOUSE.
I loved The Sopranos and I used to buy all the show-related merchandise I could – I have a cookbook, T-shirts, scripts, a Satriale Meat Market sign and, in the style of those Baby on Board stickers, one that says Body on Board with the chalk outline of a corpse. I had it on my car for five minutes before changing my mind.
Either way, we’re moving away. The other two groups were pretty simple, but I lacked the lateral thinking to be able to connect MUSHROOM and BASEBALL PLAYER – well done if you saw it.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday April 12, match #1036)
- YELLOW: FEATURES OF THE PANTS BELT BUCKLE, CUFF, BRUCHE, POCKET
- GREEN: PERSPECTIVE ANGLE, POSITION, POSITION, GRIP
- BLUE: TRANSMIT CAST, PROJECT, RADIATE, Hangar
- PURPLE: _____DOLL PAPER, RAG, RUSSIAN, TROLL
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.