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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 Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, May 28 (game #1082).
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.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #1083) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- POWDER
- FATHER
- READING
- ATLANTIC
- PENNSYLVANIA
- BILLIARD
- PACIFIC
- BO
- AMMONIA
- PROTACTINIUM
- WET DOG
- DRAWING
- INDIAN
- DURIAN
- PUBLIC ADDRESS
- ARCTIC
NYT Connections today (game #1083) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Large bodies of water
- GREEN: Stinky stuff
- BLUE: Areas in a posh house
- PURPLE: Also what you’d call a personal assistant
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 #1083) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: OCEANS
- GREEN: SOURCES OF DISTINCTIVE SMELLS
- BLUE: KINDS OF ROOMS IN A MANSION
- PURPLE: WHAT "PA" MIGHT REFER TO
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1083) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1083, are…
- YELLOW: OCEANS ARCTIC, ATLANTIC, INDIAN, PACIFIC
- GREEN: SOURCES OF DISTINCTIVE SMELLS AMMONIA, BO, DURIAN, WET DOG
- BLUE: KINDS OF ROOMS IN A MANSION BILLIARD, DRAWING, POWDER, READING
- PURPLE: WHAT "PA" MIGHT REFER TO FATHER, PENNSYLVANIA, PROTACTINIUM, PUBLIC ADDRESS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
I had no idea what PROTACTINIUM is, but I decided that it smelled and placed it alongside DURIAN, WET DOG and AMMONIA, all of which I knew were properly stinky.
My big error here was failing to see that BO was short for body odour and not what I had initially thought of as a casual greeting between fans of 1990s hip-hop.
PROTACTINIUM I have since learned is a dense, highly radioactive, and toxic actinide metal. So, it may well smell funky — especially if it was kept in a sealed box with some blue cheese — but it wouldn’t be a good idea to find out.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, May 28, game #1082)
- YELLOW: GET LOW DUCK, HUNCH, SQUAT, STOOP
- GREEN: FOURTH ESTATE MEDIA, NEWS, PAPERS, PRESS
- BLUE: PARTS OF A COURTROOM BAR, BENCH, PODIUM, STAND
- PURPLE: SKI__ JUMP, LIFT, LODGE, SLOPE
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.