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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 17 (game #1041).
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 #1042) – today’s words
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Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MARVEL
- DC
- CRUSHWORTHY
- POWER
- FANTAGRAPHICS
- DARK HORSE
- VOLTAGE
- WONDER
- SLEEPER
- FRESCADE
- STARE
- LONG SHOT
- PEPSINOGEN
- UNDERDOG
- GOGGLE
- AC
NYT Connections today (game #1042) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Gaze at amazing sights
- GREEN: Switched on
- BLUE: Surprise victor
- PURPLE: Begin with a drink
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 #1042) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LOOK AT WITH AWE
- GREEN: BASIC ELECTRICITY TERMS
- BLUE: UNEXPECTED WINNER
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SODA BRANDS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
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NYT Connections today (game #1042) – the answers
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The answers to today’s Connections, game #1042, are…
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- YELLOW: LOOK AT WITH AWE GOGGLE, MARVEL, STARE, WONDER
- GREEN: BASIC ELECTRICITY TERMS AC, DC, POWER, VOLTAGE
- BLUE: UNEXPECTED WINNER DARK HORSE, LONG SHOT, SLEEPER, UNDERDOG
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SODA BRANDS CRUSHWORTHY, FANTAGRAPHICS, FRESCADE, PEPSINOGEN
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
Even as I was pressing submit I just knew I was falling into a trap, but couldn’t help linking the comic publishers DC, MARVEL, FANTAGRAPHICS and DARK HORSE.
Down, down I fell, hook, line and sinker, punished for liking comics instead of more highbrow pursuits such as reading the New York Times.
Had I seen the inspired STARTING WITH SODA BRANDS group it would have made up for this crushing failure, but alas it slipped me by — kudos if you saw it.
Moving on, after being tricked I had a slight amount of trepidation about linking AC and DC but here, at least, the obvious assumption was also the correct one.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, April 17, game #1041)
- YELLOW: VEGETABLE PARTS BULB, LEAF, ROOT, STEM
- GREEN: PREVAILING COMMON, DOMINANT, GENERAL, POPULAR
- BLUE: PARTS OF A PIANO HAMMER, KEY, PEDAL, STRING
- PURPLE: SECOND HALVES OF DRINK NAMES SODA, STORMY, TAN, TONIC
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.
