NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, April 18 (game #1042)

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NYT Connections homescreen on a phone, on a purple background

Looking for a different day?

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, April 17 (game #1041).

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 #1042) - today's words

NYT Connections hints for game 1042 on a purple background

Today's NYT Connections words are…

MARVEL
DC
CRUSHWORTHY
POWER
FANTAGRAPHICS
DARK HORSE
VOLTAGE
WONDER
SLEEPER
FRESCADE
STARE
LONG SHOT
PEPSINOGEN
UNDERDOG
GOGGLE
AC

NYT Connections today (game #1042) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: Gaze at amazing sights
GREEN: Switched on
BLUE: Surprise victor
PURPLE: Begin with a 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 #1042) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: LOOK AT WITH AWE
GREEN: BASIC ELECTRICITY TERMS
BLUE: UNEXPECTED WINNER
PURPLE: STARTING WITH SODA BRANDS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1042) - the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 1042 on a purple background

The answers to today's Connections, game #1042, are…

YELLOW: LOOK AT WITH AWE GOGGLE, MARVEL, STARE, WONDER
GREEN: BASIC ELECTRICITY TERMS AC, DC, POWER, VOLTAGE
BLUE: UNEXPECTED WINNER DARK HORSE, LONG SHOT, SLEEPER, UNDERDOG
PURPLE: STARTING WITH SODA BRANDS CRUSHWORTHY, FANTAGRAPHICS, FRESCADE, PEPSINOGEN

My rating: Hard
My score: 1 mistake

Even as I was pressing submit I just knew I was falling into a trap, but couldn’t help linking the comic publishers DC, MARVEL, FANTAGRAPHICS and DARK HORSE.

Down, down I fell, hook, line and sinker, punished for liking comics instead of more highbrow pursuits such as reading the New York Times.

Had I seen the inspired STARTING WITH SODA BRANDS group it would have made up for this crushing failure, but alas it slipped me by — kudos if you saw it.

Moving on, after being tricked I had a slight amount of trepidation about linking AC and DC but here, at least, the obvious assumption was also the correct one.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, April 17, game #1041)

YELLOW: VEGETABLE PARTS BULB, LEAF, ROOT, STEM
GREEN: PREVAILING COMMON, DOMINANT, GENERAL, POPULAR
BLUE: PARTS OF A PIANO HAMMER, KEY, PEDAL, STRING
PURPLE: SECOND HALVES OF DRINK NAMES SODA, STORMY, TAN, TONIC

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.

Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.

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