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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 27 (game #1020).
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 #1021) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- PITCHER
- BOARD
- FIGURE
- FACE
- FORCE
- PLATE
- POWER
- PICTURE
- MOUNT
- MASS
- ENTER
- MOMENTUM
- ILLUSTRATION
- ACCELERATION
- EMBARK
- ROBERT
NYT Connections today (game #1021) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Getting on transportation
- GREEN: Mechanical terms
- BLUE: Visual display formats
- PURPLE: Add a word that contains “ant”
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 #1021) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STEP ONTO, AS A VEHICLE
- GREEN: QUANTITIES IN MECHANICS
- BLUE: TEXTBOOK IMAGES
- PURPLE: _____ PLANT
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1021) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1021, are…
- YELLOW: STEP ONTO, AS A VEHICLE BOARD, EMBARK, ENTER, MOUNT
- GREEN: QUANTITIES IN MECHANICS ACCELERATION, FORCE, MASS, MOMENTUM
- BLUE: TEXTBOOK IMAGES FIGURE, ILLUSTRATION, PICTURE, PLATE
- PURPLE: _____ PLANT FACE, PITCHER, POWER, ROBERT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
I saw no threads when I began today’s game, but slowly the mists of confusion parted and I eventually completed it — but not before making a couple of mistakes
My first error was thinking that PLATE and PICTURE indicated a group linked by baseball; with low knowledge on this topic I added MOUNT and BOARD.
Switching focus I made another error adding ENTER instead of FORCE to what was to become QUANTITIES IN MECHANICS, the ‘one away’ helping me see the true connection.
From here it was plain sailing, although I’m ashamed that I did not spot ___ PLANT. Kudos if you did, but the musical surname I connect with ROBERT is Smith, not the fella from Led Zeppelin.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, March 27, game #1020)
- YELLOW: WHAT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO BASIC FACTS, BOTTOM LINE, BRASS TACKS, NITTY-GRITTY
- GREEN: FEATURES OF AN AIRPORT TERMINAL BAGGAGE CLAIM, DUTY-FREE, FOOD COURT, TICKET COUNTER
- BLUE: THINGS THAT ARE ORANGE GOLDFISH CRACKER, MONARCH BUTTERFLY, THE LORAX, TRAFFIC CONE
- PURPLE: ENDING IN WORDS FOR CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY LIP SERVICE, MONKEY BARS, TURN SIGNAL, WEDDING RECEPTION
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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