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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, April 3 (game #1027).
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 #1028) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- BAND
- MASK
- САРЕ
- LIE
- BLUFF
- BOOT
- SPIT
- SHIELD
- LET
- POINT
- BASE
- COVER
- SLEEPING
- SCREEN
- SUMMER
- DOGS
NYT Connections today (game #1028) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Say what you see
- GREEN: Slightly hidden
- BLUE: Seaside geography
- PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “lamp”
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 #1028) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE”
- GREEN: OBSCURE
- BLUE: COASTAL LANDFORMS
- PURPLE: ____ CAMP
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1028) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1028, are…
- YELLOW: “LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE” DOGS, LET, LIE, SLEEPING
- GREEN: OBSCURE COVER, MASK, SCREEN, SHIELD
- BLUE: COASTAL LANDFORMS BLUFF, CAPE, POINT, SPIT
- PURPLE: ____ CAMP BAND, BASE, BOOT, SUMMER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Am I the only person who really dislikes it when the four tiles form the name of the category like today’s yellow group “LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE” with its tiles LET, SLEEPING, DOGS, and LIE? My reason is that often Connections will tease us with groups just like this, that seem obvious, but when you submit them they are just a trick to fool us into a mistake.
Apologies, I shall wind my neck in now.
Irritations aside this was a relatively straightforward game — probably down to that one big red herring that wasn’t actually a red herring, making the deployment of all other red herrings moot.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, April 3, game #1027)
- YELLOW: CATTY MEAN, PETTY, SMALL, SNIDE
- GREEN: HANKER (FOR) JONES, LONG, LUST, THIRST
- BLUE: COCKTAIL GLASSES COLLINS, HURRICANE, ROCKS, ZOMBIE
- PURPLE: ____ CONTROL CRUISE, DAMAGE, GROUND, MISSION
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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