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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, April 9 (game #1033).
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 #1034) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- GONZO
- NUTTY
- CAROLINA REAPER
- JACK-IN-THE-BOX
- SONIC
- FIRM
- TOASTER
- CHIPOTLE
- BELL PEPPER
- EJECTOR SEAT
- SWISS
- BLUE
- POP-UP BOOK
- GENIE
- HOLEY
- PEPPERONCINO
NYT Connections today (game #1034) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Capiscums
- GREEN: Springy things
- BLUE: Words for fromage
- PURPLE: A color in common
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 #1034) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PEPPERS
- GREEN: THINGS THAT POP UP
- BLUE: DESCRIPTORS FOR SWISS CHEESE
- PURPLE: BLUE CHARACTERS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1034) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1034, are…
- YELLOW: PEPPERS BELL PEPPER, CAROLINA REAPER, CHIPOTLE, PEPPERONCINO
- GREEN: THINGS THAT POP UP EJECTOR SEAT, JACK-IN-THE-BOX, POP-UP BOOK, TOASTER
- BLUE: DESCRIPTORS FOR SWISS CHEESE FIRM, HOLEY, NUTTY, SWISS
- PURPLE: BLUE CHARACTERS BLUE, GENIE, GONZO, SONIC
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I managed to get the yellow PEPPERS group quickly, but I submitted my foursome with some trepidation as, along the lines of CAROLINA REAPER, both JACK-IN-THE-BOX and EJECTOR SEAT sound as if they could be particular potent capiscums.
Detecting a cheese group with SWISS and BLUE among the remaining tiles, I was tempted to include JACK-IN-THE-BOX here too, but in the end the connection to TOASTER and the other THINGS THAT POP was too strong.
Meanwhile, I am sure I am not the only European cheese snob who would have preferred if the group containing FIRM, HOLEY, NUTTY, and SWISS had been called descriptors for Emmental cheese rather than DESCRIPTORS FOR SWISS CHEESE, seeing as there are dozens of Swiss cheeses and most of them don’t contain holes. Although to be fair maybe the cheeseheads at Connections HQ were thinking about Appenzeller.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, April 9, game #1033)
- YELLOW: GLOOMY BLUE, DARK, DOWN, LOW
- GREEN: OINTMENT BALM, CREAM, PASTE, RUB
- BLUE: ZODIAC SYMBOLS ARCHER, FISH, GOAT, RAM
- PURPLE: MUSCULAR, MINUS "ED" SOUND JACK, RIP, SHRED, YOKE
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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