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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day in your time zone – meaning some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you want a Thursday puzzle instead and click here: NYT Connection Hints and Answers for Thursday, March 26 (game #1019).
Hello! Let’s play Connections, a clever word game from the NYT that challenges you to collect answers in various fields. It can be difficult, so read on if you need some tips on hooking up.
SPOILER ALERT: Information about today’s NYT Connections is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NYT Connections today (match #1020) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections names are…
- SHOOT THE GUARANTEE
- TRAFFIC CONE
- BRASS TACKS
- COURT OF FOOD
- THE LORAX
- EAR SERVICE
- COST OF NOTES
- BOTTOM LINE
- DUTY FREE
- NITTY-GRITTY
- THE MONARCH’S QUEEN
- MONKEY BARS
- WEDDING RECEPTION
- GOLDFISH CRACKER
- REQUEST OF THE WEAKER
- BASIC FACTS
NYT Connections today (game #1020) – tip #1 – team tips
What are some pointers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- THURSDAY: The real deal
- GREEN: As seen in JFK
- GREEN: It’s a sunny color like it
- WONDERFUL: The end of the phone
Need more leads?
We’re tight on spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers to the four themes of today’s NYT Connections puzzles are…
NYT Connections today (game #1020) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers to today’s NYT Connections groups?
- THUNDER: WHAT’S BAD ABOUT IT
- GREEN: AIRPORT FEATURES
- BLUE: THINGS WAITING
- EXCLUSIVE: CELLULAR VOICE ONLY
Of course, the answers are below, so DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEMSELVES.
NYT Connections today (match #1020) – answers
The answers to today’s Connect, game #1020, are…
- THUNDER: WHAT’S BAD ABOUT IT BASIC FACTS, THE BOTTOM LINE, COPPER TAXES, THE NITTY-GRITTY
- GREEN: AIRPORT FEATURES GARDEN REQUEST, NO WORK, FOOD COURT, TICKET PLACE
- BLUE: THINGS WAITING GOLDFISH CRACKER, MONARCH BUTTERFLY, LORAX, TRAFFIC CONE
- EXCLUSIVE: CELLULAR VOICE ONLY LIP SERVICE, CHILDREN’S WRITINGS, SIGNAL, WEDDING RECEPTION
- My rating: It’s difficult
- My score: It’s complete
Games where the tiles are a little different — like today’s two good words, I always throw.
I’m not sure how I managed to get through without making a mistake, but Connections miracles do happen. That said, I spent a long time trying to sort things out, even if I didn’t know MONARCH BUTTERFLY was orange or what BRASS TACKS meant.
As usual, knowing the two links and guessing the most likely strings got me through the line.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Thursday, March 26, game #1019)
- GRAY: WAYS TO BUY FOOD AGRICULTURE, FISHING, HUNTING, HUNTING
- GREEN: MEMBER OF THE DETROIT SPORTS TEAM LION, PISTON, RED WING, TIGER
- BLUE: CHARACTERISTICS OF OLD VOTING BALL, BOOT, CATCH, LEVER
- PURPLE: THEY HAVE BULLS FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER, HARDWARE STORE, KNOWLEDGE, KEY
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games created by The New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually harder and purple is usually more difficult.
On the other hand, you don’t technically need to solve the last one, as you will be able to answer that one through the process of elimination. In addition, you can make four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there’s more chance for the game to get bogged down with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other word games that can hide answers.
It’s free to play through the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
