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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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, April 5 (game #1029).
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 #1030) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SHARE
- OLIVES
- MALLET
- HOP
- MOLE
- WICKET
- BALL
- STAKE
- HOLES
- RAVE
- CAROUSER
- CONCERN
- EVITE
- CLAIM
- TIMER
- HOEDOWN
NYT Connections today (game #1030) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Boogie nights
- GREEN: Involved
- BLUE: Fun game where you hit a fake animal
- PURPLE: On Broadway but a bit off
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 #1030) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: EVENTS WITH DANCING
- GREEN: INTEREST
- BLUE: COMPONENTS OF WHAC-A-MOLE
- PURPLE: MUSICALS WITH LAST LETTER CHANGED
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1030) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1030, are…
- YELLOW: EVENTS WITH DANCING BALL, HOEDOWN, HOP, RAVE
- GREEN: INTEREST CLAIM, CONCERN, SHARE, STAKE
- BLUE: COMPONENTS OF WHAC-A-MOLE HOLES, MALLET, MOLE, TIMER
- PURPLE: MUSICALS WITH LAST LETTER CHANGED CAROUSER, EVITE, OLIVES, WICKET
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
Seeing MALLET and WICKET in today’s grid I convinced myself that we were looking for elements of the niche upper class sport of croquet, which involves both these things and a BALL and quite possibly a STAKE, although I’m not entirely sure.
Anyway, I was wrong — very, very wrong.
Fortunately, this was the end of my mistakes and I landed the other groups of four in difficulty order. Kudos to anyone who spotted the musicals — a genius bit of wordplay from our puzzling overlords.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, April 5, game #1029)
- YELLOW: ATOMIC STRUCTURE TERMS ELECTRON, NUCLEUS, ORBIT, SHELL
- GREEN: PARTS OF A SHERLOCK HOLMES COSTUME DEERSTALKER, MAGNIFYING GLASS, PIPE, VIOLIN
- BLUE: THINGS TO FLIP COIN, LIGHT SWITCH, PANCAKE, THE BIRD
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “SLUSH” GOOGOL, MUSHROOM, PASTEURIZE, PULPIT
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.
