NYT Connections today – my hints and answers for May 15 (#1069)
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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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, May 14 (game #1068).
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 #1069) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SAW
- JORDAN
- CROSS
- PITT
- ELBA
- PALM
- CIAO
- FORD
- WADE
- BIRD
- WAS
- CURRY
- JAMES
- PEEK
- ABLE
- TRAVERSE
NYT Connections today (game #1069) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Navigating a waterway
- GREEN: Basketball legends
- BLUE: Back to front pairs
- PURPLE: Canine soundalikes
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 #1069) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: NAVIGATE THROUGH, AS A RIVER
- GREEN: MULTI-TIME NBA MVPS
- BLUE: NON-PALINDROMIC WORDS IN A FAMOUS PALINDROME
- PURPLE: HOMOPHONES OF KINDS OF DOGS, FAMILIARLY
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1069) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1069, are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I spotted five surnames of basketball legends among today’s tiles, but although my slim knowledge went that far I didn’t know which of them to eliminate, so decided to see if I could get another group and eliminate one of the five.
That happened pretty quickly, as I decided WADE was not here because of Dwyane, but because it was a word that describes crossing water or should I say NAVIGATE THROUGH, AS A RIVER.
After this triumph I was confident in picking JAMES, CURRY, BIRD and JORDAN, but I had no idea what connected the eight remaining tiles until I saw that ABLE and ELBA had the same letters and so did WAS and SAW. A good thing, as the purple group soared way over my head.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, May 14, game #1068)
- 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
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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