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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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, May 12 (game #1066).
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.
NYT Connections today (game #1067) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- BEAN
- CROP
- GRINDER
- DONUT
- GROUNDS
- ADJUST
- ROLL
- FILTERS
- SUB
- CAUSE
- BELLY
- BASIS
- HERO
- ARGUMENT
- MARKUP
- HOAGIE
NYT Connections today (game #1067) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A meal of two halves
- GREEN: Reason for doing something
- BLUE: Change your images
- PURPLE: Begin with a word that rhymes like “smelly”
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 #1067) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: LONG SANDWICH
- GREEN: PRETEXT
- BLUE: SMARTPHONE PHOTO EDITING OPTIONS
- PURPLE: JELLY_____
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1067) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1067, are…
- YELLOW: LONG SANDWICH GRINDER, HERO, HOAGIE, SUB
- GREEN: PRETEXT ARGUMENT, BASIS, CAUSE, GROUNDS
- BLUE: SMARTPHONE PHOTO EDITING OPTIONS ADJUST, CROP, FILTERS, MARKUP
- PURPLE: JELLY_____ BEAN, BELLY, DONUT, ROLL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
I made two mistakes today that are typical to me — the first was falling for a very obvious trap, the second was cultural ignorance.
I really should have stopped due to the mix of plural and singular, but I found myself unable to resist linking the coffee-related tiles of BEAN, GRINDER, GROUNDS and FILTERS.
Next, I completely overlooked GRINDER, because this is not a sandwich term I am familiar with, and entered ROLL instead.
My saving grace was that I am US culture aware enough to get today’s purple group, including JELLY DONUT, something that in the UK we’d call a jam donut.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, May 12, game #1066)
- YELLOW: SUBSTANTIAL BOOK OPUS, TOME, VOLUME, WORK
- GREEN: "SAINT" CITIES MONICA, PAULO, PETERSBURG, SALVADOR
- BLUE: "LONG" THINGS DISTANCE, DIVISION, JOHNS, WEEKEND
- PURPLE: CURRENCIES PLUS A LETTER FRANCI, RANDO, REALM, WONK
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.