NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, May 16 (game #1070)
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, May 15 (game #1069).
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 #1070) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- THERMOSTAT
- PIANO
- PLAY
- FIDDLE
- FLUTE
- FORTE
- MESS
- BASSOON
- BELFAST
- STEIN
- LARGO
- TUMBLER
- TINKER
- NESQUICK
- COUPE
- ALLEGRO
NYT Connections today (game #1070) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Something you drink from
- GREEN: Muck about with no direction
- BLUE: Notes on notes
- PURPLE: Finally about to be ready
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 #1070) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: GLASSWARE
- GREEN: MESS AROUND (WITH)
- BLUE: MUSIC PERFORMANCE DIRECTIONS
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "ASAP"
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1070) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1070, are…
- YELLOW: GLASSWARE COUPE, FLUTE, STEIN, TUMBLER
- GREEN: MESS AROUND (WITH) FIDDLE, MESS, PLAY, TINKER
- BLUE: MUSIC PERFORMANCE DIRECTIONS ALLEGRO, FORTE, LARGO, PIANO
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "ASAP" BASSOON, BELFAST, NESQUICK, THERMOSTAT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
I resisted linking the four musical instruments, but still made a couple of mistakes — although they are ones that are easier to take, as I was on the right track and got a “one away” pop-up for both.
The first was not knowing what the fourth piece of GLASSWARE could be after TUMBLER, FLUTE, and STEIN. The next was thinking BASSOON rather than PIANO was one of the MUSIC PERFORMANCE DIRECTIONS.
I got there in the end, although on reflection today’s purple group seemed a lot more straightforward than usual. Congratulations if you got it first.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, May 15, game #1069)
- YELLOW: NAVIGATE THROUGH, AS A RIVER CROSS, FORD, TRAVERSE, WADE
- GREEN: MULTI-TIME NBA MVPS BIRD, CURRY, JAMES, JORDAN
- BLUE: NON-PALINDROMIC WORDS IN A FAMOUS PALINDROME ABLE, ELBA, SAW, WAS
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF KINDS OF DOGS, FAMILIARLY CIAO, PALM, PEEK, PITT
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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