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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 #1050) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PLACE
- CLIFF
- NOT
- BUILDING
- MOTHER
- CLOCK
- CATCH
- STRINGS
- REGISTER
- PRINTING PURPOSES
- JEANNE
- TONE
- POLYHEDRON
- WARNING
- RANGE
- TAIL
NYT Connections today (game #1050) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: An agreement with reservations
- GREEN: Singing vocabulary
- BLUE: Featured in popular children’s fiction
- PURPLE: A word that rhymes with “races” in common
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 #1050) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STIPULATION
- GREEN: VOICE FEATURES
- BLUE: CHARACTERS FROM “DICK AND JANE”
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH FACES
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (set #1050) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1050 are…
- YELLOW: STIPULATION CATCH, CAVEAT, FINE FEATURES, ROPES
- GREEN: VOICE FEATURES PITCH, RANGE, REGISTER, TONE
- BLUE: CHARACTERS FROM “DICK AND JANE” DICK, JANE, MOTHER, SPOT
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH FACES BUILDING, CLIFF, CLOCK, POLYHEDRON
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 error
My first quartet of tiles today fell into the category of a yellow group that I thought was going to turn purple.
Every time this happens, I know I’m in for a tough match and today was no exception, as I could barely see two words that could be related – let alone four.
SPOT, DICK and JANE looked like children’s book characters, so I took a risk and added CLIFF (something to do with Clifford the big red dog maybe?). After receiving the “only one” message, MOTHER seemed to be the second most obvious message. Then, with only eight tiles remaining, I immediately saw the VOICE FEATURES.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sat April 25, Thu #1049)
- YELLOW: BODY COVERINGS ENAMEL, HAIR, NAILS, SKIN
- GREEN: MASSES, IN IDIOMS Crowd, haystack, million, ocean
- BLUE: OLD TIMEY SLANG FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT COPPER, DICK, FLATFOOT, GUMSHOE
- PURPLE: START WITH THE SYNONYMS OF “THROW” FONTE, CHUCK E. CHEESE, HURLY-BURLY, PITCHFORK
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.