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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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, May 1 (game #1055).
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 #1056) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- POST-IT
- TREASURY
- HERALDRY
- PLAY
- INTERIOR
- MUSICAL
- MENTAL
- STATE
- TIMES TABLES
- EDUCATION
- OPERA
- PSYCHIC
- EXTRASENSORY
- GLOBETROTTER
- TELEPATHIC
- BALLET
NYT Connections today (game #1056) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- BLUE: Government sections
- GREEN: Theatrical productions
- YELLOW: They can see the past
- PURPLE: Beginning with broadsheet titles
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 #1056) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- BLUE: U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS
- GREEN: STAGED PERFORMANCES
- YELLOW: CLAIRVOYANT
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1056) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1056, are…
- BLUE: U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS EDUCATION, INTERIOR, STATE, TREASURY
- GREEN: STAGED PERFORMANCES BALLET, MUSICAL, OPERA, PLAY
- YELLOW: CLAIRVOYANT EXTRASENSORY, MENTAL, PSYCHIC, TELEPATHIC
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES GLOBETROTTER, HERALDRY, POST-IT, TIMES TABLES
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
POST-IT was the big clanging odd-tile-out in this game and my initial thought was that the word note could also apply to MUSICAL.
However, after failing to see anything else I abandoned this thread and decided to stick POST-IT on a wall somewhere where I could forget all about it.
I managed to connect the blue group of U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS not through any knowledge of the US government but because they all sounded very official and serious.
Fortunately, this opened up the rest of the game and made spotting STAGED PERFORMANCES and CLAIRVOYANT easier.
With three groups down I was put out of my misery and while STARTING WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES is a clever connection, Globe and Herald are uncommon newspaper titles in the UK, so I can forgive myself for missing it.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, May 1, game #1055)
- YELLOW: MAKE GLOSSY BUFF, POLISH, SHINE, WAX
- BLUE: FEATURES OF A BIRD'S HEAD BEAK, COMB, CREST, WATTLE
- GREEN: TRANSLUSCENT GOLDEN THINGS ALE, AMBER, CITRINE, HONEY
- PURPLE: NUMBERS WITH FIRST LETTER CHANGED HIVE, MIX, POUR, WIGHT
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.