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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, March 13 (game #1006).
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 #1007) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- NIGHTMARE
- GADGET
- BINARY
- HAZE
- HOOTENANNY
- LICHEN
- MORSE
- DUOLINGO
- SPELL
- CLOUSEAU
- MOSCOW
- TRANCE
- DIOXIDE
- JAVERT
- DREAM
- TWILIGHT
NYT Connections today (game #1007) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Dizzy with it
- GREEN: Begin with number words
- BLUE: Investigators
- PURPLE: Finish with farmyard ladies
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 #1007) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HYPNOTIC STATE
- GREEN: STARTING WITH PREFIXES MEANING "TWO"
- BLUE: FICTIONAL INSPECTORS
- PURPLE: ENDING IN FEMALE ANIMALS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1007) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1007, are…
- YELLOW: HYPNOTIC STATE DREAM, HAZE, SPELL, TRANCE
- GREEN: STARTING WITH PREFIXES MEANING "TWO" BINARY, DIOXIDE, DUOLINGO, TWILIGHT
- BLUE: FICTIONAL INSPECTORS CLOUSEAU, GADGET, JAVERT, MORSE
- PURPLE: ENDING IN FEMALE ANIMALS HOOTENANNY, LICHEN, MOSCOW, NIGHTMARE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
After a brief time spent pondering over DREAM and NIGHTMARE I got lucky getting my second “purple first” of the month.
I say lucky, because although I spotted the words at the end I had no idea that they were ENDING IN FEMALE ANIMALS until I pressed “submit”.
I was far more confident about STARTING WITH PREFIXES MEANING “TWO”, but I’m disappointed I didn’t see FICTIONAL INSPECTORS — although I’m sure I wasn’t the only player to not know that JAVERT features in Les Miserables, and unlike the other inspectors does not own a raincoat.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, March 13, game #1006)
- YELLOW: "NO THANKS" LATER, NAH, NEXT TIME, PASS
- GREEN: KINDS OF NUMBERS EVEN, IRRATIONAL, PERFECT, PRIME
- BLUE: KINDS OF WALLS BERLIN, BRICK, FOURTH, GREAT
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF NON-NUMERIC AMOUNTS AWL, NUN, PHEW, SUM
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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