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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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, May 2 (game #1056).
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 #1057) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PEACE
- GREEN
- HOUSE
- ACID
- GARAGE
- COMMUNE
- FRENCH
- FINGERS CROSSED
- INDUSTRIAL
- BUNNY EARS
- SEXUAL
- HIPPIE
- SHED
- AIR QUOTES
- FREE LOVE
- PORCH
NYT Connections today (game #1057) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Buildings
- GREEN: Far out, man
- BLUE: Movements for cultural change
- PURPLE: Hand signals
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 #1057) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HOME STRUCTURES
- GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH 1960S COUNTERCULTURE
- BLUE: FAMOUS REVOLUTIONS IN HISTORY
- PURPLE: GESTURES MADE WITH THE INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1057) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1057, are…
- YELLOW: HOME STRUCTURES GARAGE, HOUSE, PORCH, SHED
- GREEN: ASSOCIATED WITH 1960S COUNTERCULTURE ACID, COMMUNE, FREE LOVE, HIPPIE
- BLUE: FAMOUS REVOLUTIONS IN HISTORY FRENCH, GREEN, INDUSTRIAL, SEXUAL
- PURPLE: GESTURES MADE WITH THE INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS AIR QUOTES, BUNNY EARS, FINGERS CROSSED, PEACE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
I absolutely knew that I was falling into a trap today, but I couldn’t help myself from connecting ACID, GARAGE, INDUSTRIAL and HIPPIE as types of house music, although I did think of including GREEN instead of INDUSTRIAL.
With this clanking error I got lucky with a purple first although I originally just had BUNNY EARS and FINGERS CROSSED, thinking the group was something to do with good fortune before realizing I was thinking of rabbit’s feet.
Thankfully, I managed to avoid another error assembling the final groups — although I did fleetingly think that HOUSE, FRENCH and GREEN were all types of dressing.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, May 2, game #1056)
- BLUE: U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS EDUCATION, INTERIOR, STATE, TREASURY
- GREEN: STAGED PERFORMANCES BALLET, MUSICAL, OPERA, PLAY
- YELLOW: CLAIRVOYANT EXTRASENSORY, MENTAL, PSYCHIC, TELEPATHIC
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH NEWSPAPER NAMES GLOBETROTTER, HERALDRY, POST-IT, TIMES TABLES
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.
