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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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, May 13 (game #1067).
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 #1068) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- THE OTHERS
- SILENT
- GHOST
- ALL HALLOWS
- SIXTH SENSE
- BREADCRUMB
- RING
- INTUITION
- ARM WARMER
- GUT FEELING
- CATFISH
- DO NOT DISTURB
- VIBRATE
- LOVE BOMB
- AIR CAIRO
- HUNCH
NYT Connections today (game #1068) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Skills for looking ahead
- GREEN: Phone settings
- BLUE: Bad romance
- PURPLE: Inside repeats
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 #1068) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PREMONITION
- GREEN: CELLPHONE MODES
- BLUE: BAD THINGS TO DO IN MODERN DATING
- PURPLE: PHRASES WHOSE SECOND WORDS INCLUDE THEIR FIRST WORD
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1068) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1068, are…
- YELLOW: PREMONITION GUT FEELING, HUNCH, INTUITION, SIXTH SENSE
- GREEN: CELLPHONE MODES DO NOT DISTURB, RING, SILENT, VIBRATE
- BLUE: BAD THINGS TO DO IN MODERN DATING BREADCRUMB, CATFISH, GHOST, LOVE BOMB
- PURPLE: PHRASES WHOSE SECOND WORDS INCLUDE THEIR FIRST WORD
- AIR CAIRO, ALL HALLOWS, ARM WARMER, THE OTHERS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
Kudos if you managed to spot the purple group. It looks simple once you know the thread, but I was blind to it.
A few days ago we had a group containing detective movies from a variety of eras and I thought that we had a repeat of that today with the supernatural movies THE OTHERS, RING, SIXTH SENSE and GHOST.
Annoying, but it helped me complete the game from here as I realized they were the clue to all four group — RING for CELLPHONE MODES, SIXTH SENSE for PREMONITION and GHOST for BAD THINGS TO DO IN MODERN DATING.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, May 13, game #1067)
- 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
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.