Looking for a different day?
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 26 (game #1080).
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.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
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 #1081) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- BANJO
- OTHELLO
- AYE
- NUTMEG
- HAMLET
- PIER
- OPERATION
- МАСВЕТН
- LEAR
- TROUBLE
- MONOGAMY
- COMMUNE
- TOWNSHIP
- BATTLESHIP
- VILLAGE
- STAIR
NYT Connections today (game #1081) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Tiny towns
- GREEN: 1980s toys
- BLUE: Look who’s gawking
- PURPLE: Appear in Louisa May Alcott classic
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 #1081) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SMALL COMMUNITY
- GREEN: CLASSIC BOARD GAMES
- BLUE: HOMOPHONES OF WAYS OF LOOKING
- PURPLE: ENDING IN THE “LITTLE WOMEN” MARCH SISTERS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1081) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1081, are…
- YELLOW: SMALL COMMUNITY COMMUNE, HAMLET, TOWNSHIP, VILLAGE
- GREEN: CLASSIC BOARD GAMES BATTLESHIP, OPERATION, OTHELLO, TROUBLE
- BLUE: HOMOPHONES OF WAYS OF LOOKING AYE, LEAR, PIER, STAIR
- PURPLE: ENDING IN THE “LITTLE WOMEN” MARCH SISTERS BANJO, MACBETH, MONOGAMY, NUTMEG
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I’m classifying this game as hard, as there were several cunning traps that almost caught me out.
The rule to not falling into a Connections trap is to not be fooled by groups of three and I very nearly did that with the trio of Shakespeare plays.
I thought the same when I saw the the link between the classic games OTHELLO, BATTLESHIP and OPERATION and was not seeing a fourth, but decided to take the leap with TROUBLE as it definitely sounded like it could be a game; thankfully, I was right.
I have good reason not to know it, though, as in the UK, where I am based, this game — with its pop o’matic dice device — was known as Frustration. Connections constantly bring up these odd cultural differences.
Kudos if you spotted the Little Women group.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, May 26, game #1080)
- YELLOW: CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS CUP, MEDAL, PENNANT, RING
- GREEN: MATTER AT HAND CONCERN, FOCUS, POINT, SUBJECT
- BLUE: ’80S COMEDIES AIRPLANE, BIG, CLUE, TWINS
- PURPLE: ANAGRAMS ENLIST, LISTEN, SILENT, TINSEL
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.
