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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 26 (Thu #1050).
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 #1051) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- RADIOACTIVE MAN
- RAGE BULL
- RED ONION
- KING REGINA
- TANK DOGS
- REVEREND LOVEJOY
- ROMAN HOLIDAYS
- ROAST CHICKEN
- MALE DEER
- REAR WINDOW
- ROMAINE LETTUCE
- ROD FLANDRE
- RAINMAN
- ROTARY MOWER
- RALPH WIGGUM
- RANCH VINEGAR
NYT Connections today (game #1051) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A healthy lunch
- GREEN: 5 star movies
- BLUE: Straight out of Springfield
- PURPLE: Think: basketball teams
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 #1051) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SALAD INGREDIENTS
- GREEN: CLASSIC MOVIES
- BLUE: THE CHARACTERS OF “THE SIMPSON’S”
- PURPLE: END AMONG NBA PLAYERS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1051) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1051 are…
- YELLOW: SALAD INGREDIENTS RANCH DRESSING, RED ONION, ROASTED CHICKEN, ROMAINE LETTUCE
- GREEN: CLASSIC MOVIES RAIN MAN, REAR WINDOW, TANK DOGS, ROMAN HOLIDAY
- BLUE: THE CHARACTERS OF “THE SIMPSON’S” RADIOACTIVE MAN, RALPH WIGGUM, REVEREND LOVEJOY, ROD FLANDERS
- PURPLE: END AMONG NBA PLAYERS RAGING BULL, REGINA KING, ROE BUCK, ROTARY MOWER
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
Usually, when I’m faced with a slightly different wireframe, my brain goes into panic mode, leaving me completely perplexed. Not today.
Somehow I managed to see all four groups immediately and decided to play a new game: guess which one of them deserved to be the purple/hardest group. Singular NBA teams seemed the most obscure, so I went with that.
The only thing that gave me pause was RADIOACTIVE MAN, which I wasn’t sure was a character from The Simpsons but most certainly was not part of the CLASSIC FILMS.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday April 26, match #1050)
- 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
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.