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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 19 (game #1073).
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 #1074) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- HIGH
- KEY
- INTENSITY
- INDEPENDENCE
- MIGHT
- MODE
- MEDIUM
- INTERVAL
- TRAINING
- OFF
- FORCE
- SIMMER
- CONCENTRATION
- GROUNDHOG
- THE LONGEST
- SCALE
NYT Connections today (game #1074) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Saucepan control
- GREEN: Full strength
- BLUE: Study notes
- PURPLE: Films with a word in common
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 #1074) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STOVE KNOB SETTINGS
- GREEN: POTENCY
- BLUE: MUSIC THEORY CONCEPTS
- PURPLE: “_____ DAY" MOVIES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1074) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1074, are…
- YELLOW: STOVE KNOB SETTINGS HIGH, MEDIUM, OFF, SIMMER
- GREEN: POTENCY CONCENTRATION, FORCE, INTENSITY, MIGHT
- BLUE: MUSIC THEORY CONCEPTS INTERVAL, KEY, MODE, SCALE
- PURPLE: “_____ DAY" MOVIES GROUNDHOG, INDEPENDENCE, THE LONGEST, TRAINING
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I am nearly always surprised when I get a “purple first”, but doubly so today as the category “_____ DAY" MOVIES seemed obvious with GROUNDHOG and INDEPENDENCE in the group.
My only hesitation was that TRAINING as that seemed like it could cross over into other categories.
STOVE KNOB SETTINGS was a bit of a stretch for me as I have never had a stove with anything other than a series of small dots, but once I was down to just eight tiles HIGH, MEDIUM and OFF seemed to fit and it was a choice between SIMMER and MODE for the fourth tile. Fortunately I guessed correctly.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, May 19, game #1073)
- YELLOW: THINGS BABIES DO BABBLE, CRY, NURSE, TEETHE
- GREEN: MODIFY DECEPTIVELY ALTER, COOK, DOCTOR, FUDGE
- BLUE: JUDY BLUME BOOKS BLUBBER, DEENIE, FOREVER, SUPERFUDGE
- PURPLE: FISH MINUS A LETTER FOUNDER, SALON, SURGEON, TROT
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.
