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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, April 1 (game #1025).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about 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 (game #1026) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- STALLION
- CHAMPION
- SECOND
- CHANCE
- MIGOS
- MOMENT
- BACK
- CARDI
- DRAKE
- EATER
- OPENING
- ENDORSE
- WINDOW
- BUCK
- MESON
- DRONE
NYT Connections today (game #1026) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: On your side
- GREEN: A big break
- BLUE: Masculine beasts
- PURPLE: A bit of a hard drink
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #1026) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SUPPORT
- GREEN: OPPORTUNITY
- BLUE: MALE ANIMALS
- PURPLE: ENDS OF LIQUOR BRANDS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1026) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1026, are…
- YELLOW: SUPPORT BACK, CHAMPION, ENDORSE, SECOND
- GREEN: OPPORTUNITY CHANCE, MOMENT, OPENING, WINDOW
- BLUE: MALE ANIMALS BUCK, DRAKE, DRONE, STALLION
- PURPLE: ENDS OF LIQUOR BRANDS CARDI, EATER, MESON, MIGOS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
After yesterday’s cryptic bamboozler we returned to reality with a more straightforward game.
There were a couple of red herrings hiding amid the tiles, but thankfully I resisted the temptation to hunt for rap acts and instead saw the link between DRAKE, STALLION and BUCK, taking a chance with DRONE, which I knew was a word related to bees.
CARDI and MIGOS did end up being in a group together, but it was ENDS OF LIQUOR BRANDS rather than music that united them. Cardi B was of course married to Migos member Offset and adding to the inter connections, Cardi promotes Whipshots, a line of vodka-infused whipped cream and Migos member Quavo had his own line of white vodka. Thank you, Google.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, April 1, game #1025)
- YELLOW: BEER BRANDS BLUE MOON, DOS EQUIS, MILLER HIGH LIFE, RED STRIPE
- GREEN: ROCK BANDS GREEN DAY, PINK FLOYD, THREE DOORS DOWN, U2
- BLUE: MOVIES BACK TO THE FUTURE, BLUE VELVET, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, TOP GUN
- PURPLE: U.S. CITY NICKNAMES BIG APPLE, BIG EASY, MILE HIGH CITY, SECOND CITY
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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