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 #1054) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- THERE
- CHECK
- BRAND
- TRUE
- ALARM
- HOUR
- TYRANNOSAURUS
- TICK
- TIME
- SHOCK
- CROSS
- FORMERLY
- SHAKE
- HUR
- TO DISTURB
- TESLA
NYT Connections today (game #1054) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Scare someone
- GREEN: Cross out your tasks
- BLUE: The letter after S
- PURPLE: This looks like the property
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 #1054) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DENERVATE
- GREEN: DELETE, AS AN ITEM FROM A LIST, WITH “OFF”
- BLUE: WHAT THE “T” COULD REPRESENT
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1054) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1054 are…
- YELLOW: DENERVATE ALARM, FAULT, SHAKE, SHOCK
- GREEN: DELETE, AS AN ITEM FROM A LIST, WITH “OFF” SHELL, CROSS, MARK, SHELL
- BLUE: WHAT THE “T” COULD REPRESENT TESLA, TIME, TRUE, TYRANNOSAUR
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES TIME, HUR, THERE, NEVER
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
As a lifelong creator and cross-provider of to-do lists, I immediately spotted the green group containing CHECK, CROSS, MARK, and TICK. Like many, I’m sure, I add things I’ve already done to my to-do lists just for the thrill of checking them off. I think I need help!
Meanwhile, what bothers me most about the yellow group is that I didn’t see it sooner.
The same could be said for HOMOPHONES OF POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES — I spent way too much time thinking that HUR was related to the classic film. Ben Hur – while I only got WHAT “T” COULD REPRESENT because all four words started with that letter; Then googling and discovered that TESLA in this context was a unit of measurement and had nothing to do with Elon Musk’s cars.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wed April 29, Thu #1053)
- YELLOW: STAGE IN A PROCESS LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, FLOOR
- GREEN: SOUNDS LIKE THUNDER BOOM, CLAP, ROLL, RUMBLE
- BLUE: KINDS OF PUPPETS HAND, SHADOW, SOCK, ROPE
- PURPLE: STANDING ___ JOKE, COMMANDS, OVATION, ROOM
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.