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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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, March 9 (game #1002).
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 #1003) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- MASS
- GRAM
- DUKE
- TOAST
- BROWN
- UNC
- WASH
- SOCK
- PENN
- ROAST
- POP
- BOX
- SLUG
- SEAR
- MISS
- CUZ
NYT Connections today (game #1003) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Close to being burnt
- GREEN: Close family
- BLUE: Shortened regions
- PURPLE: Hit with fists
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 #1003) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: COOK WITH DRY HEAT
- GREEN: FAMILIAL NICKNAMES
- BLUE: U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONS
- PURPLE: PUNCH
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1003) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1003, are…
- YELLOW: COOK WITH DRY HEAT BROWN, ROAST, SEAR, TOAST
- GREEN: FAMILIAL NICKNAMES CUZ, GRAM, POP, UNC
- BLUE: U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONS MASS, MISS, PENN, WASH
- PURPLE: PUNCH BOX, DUKE, SLUG, SOCK
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
A little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing when playing Connections. In today’s case it was knowing that BROWN, PENN and DUKE were all prestigious colleges and then guessing that MISS was one too.
Alas, I was missing the much more obvious correct answer of U.S. STATE ABBREVIATIONS.
From here, the connections were more straightforward and I even managed to get the purple group before the end.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, March 9, game #1002)
- YELLOW: STARTING WITH THE SAME SOUND, SPELLED DIFFERENTLY WAREHOUSE, WEARABLE, WEREWOLF, WHEREFORE
- GREEN: METAPHORS FOR PUBLIC SCRUTINY FISHBOWL, HOT SEAT, MICROSCOPE, SPOTLIGHT
- BLUE: MUPPETS ANIMAL, BEAKER, FOZZIE, GONZO
- PURPLE: THEY FEATURE A BOSS COMPANY, E STREET BAND, MAFIA, VIDEO GAME
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.