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, March 20 (game #1013).
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.
Article continues belowNYT Connections today (game #1014) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- POUND
- PLAIN
- OBJECT
- CROWN
- JUMP
- MARK
- FRANK
- RICH
- GOAL
- STRAIGHT
- POINT
- BISHOP
- KING
- BLUNT
- FROST
- CAPTURE
NYT Connections today (game #1014) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Matter of fact
- GREEN: Aim and purpose
- BLUE: Draughts
- PURPLE: US wordsmiths
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 #1014) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DIRECT
- GREEN: TARGET
- BLUE: CHECKERS TERMS
- PURPLE: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN POETS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1014) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1014, are…
- YELLOW: DIRECT BLUNT, FRANK, PLAIN, STRAIGHT
- GREEN: TARGET GOAL, MARK, OBJECT, POINT
- BLUE: CHECKERS TERMS CAPTURE, CROWN, JUMP, KING
- PURPLE: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN POETS BISHOP, FROST, POUND, RICH
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
This is the second day in succession in which I have solved the four groups in yellow-green-blue-purple difficulty order — which is the next most satisfying sequence after getting purple first.
My mistake came near the end, when I tricked myself into thinking that we were collecting something to do with chess, rather than something to do with CHECKERS TERMS — so I had BISHOP instead of JUMP.
CHECKERS stirs happy memories for me, as it is a game I used to play with my grandfather, and one in which he would never let me win; I’d consider it victory just to get a single KING. It was then, I think, when I first decided that in every loss there is still a small victory somewhere, you just need to find it.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, March 20, game #1013)
- YELLOW: DISTURB ALARM, CONCERN, RATTLE, SHAKE
- GREEN: WORDS ON A MONOPOLY BOARD BOARDWALK, CHANCE, LUXURY, PARKING
- BLUE: FIGURE IN GREEK MYTH FATE, FURY, MUSE, SIREN
- PURPLE: EGG ____ CARTON, NOODLE, ROLL, TIMER
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.
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