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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, April 29 (game #1053).
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 #1054) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- THERE
- CHECK
- MARK
- TRUE
- ALARM
- HOUR
- TYRANNOSAURUS
- TICK
- TIME
- SHOCK
- CROSS
- YORE
- SHAKE
- HUR
- DISTURB
- TESLA
NYT Connections today (game #1054) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Scare someone
- GREEN: Strike off your to-dos
- BLUE: The letter after S
- PURPLE: Sounds like ownership
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 #1054) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: UNNERVE
- GREEN: REMOVE, AS AN ITEM FROM A LIST, WITH "OFF"
- BLUE: WHAT "T" MIGHT STAND FOR
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1054) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1054, are…
- YELLOW: UNNERVE ALARM, DISTURB, SHAKE, SHOCK
- GREEN: REMOVE, AS AN ITEM FROM A LIST, WITH "OFF" CHECK, CROSS, MARK, TICK
- BLUE: WHAT "T" MIGHT STAND FOR TESLA, TIME, TRUE, TYRANNOSAURUS
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES HOUR, HUR, THERE, YORE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
As a perpetual maker and crosser-offer of to-do lists I spotted the green group containing CHECK, CROSS, MARK, and TICK immediately. Like many, I am sure, I add things to my to-do lists that I’ve already done just so I can have the pleasure of checking them off. I think I need help!
Meanwhile, the most un-nerving thing about the yellow group is that I did not see it sooner.
The same could be said for HOMOPHONES OF POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES — I spent far too long thinking HUR was connected to the classic film Ben Hur — while I only got WHAT "T" MIGHT STAND FOR because the four words began with that letter; Googling afterwards I discovered that the TESLA in this context was a unit of measurement and nothing to do with Elon Musk's cars.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, April 29, game #1053)
- YELLOW: STEP IN A PROCESS LEVEL, PHASE, ROUND, STAGE
- GREEN: SOUND LIKE THUNDER BOOM, CLAP, ROLL, RUMBLE
- BLUE: KINDS OF PUPPETS HAND, SHADOW, SOCK, STRING
- PURPLE: STANDING ___ JOKE, ORDERS, OVATION, ROOM
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.
