It’s a sleepy Sunday, but before you spend the day relaxing, you’d best complete today’s NYT Connections puzzle. It’s not so tough, but I’ve got the best answers and hints you need below to get it wrapped up as quickly as possible, so it’s one less thing for you to worry about.
Scroll down to get the NYT Connections hints and answers you need for today’s challenge.
How to Play NYT Connections
In June 2023, NYT Connections emerged as yet another game in the ever-growing lineup of the New York Times titles. This title soared immediately, and it’s easy to see why. As a free-to-play, accessible New York Times game, NYT Connections is available worldwide and can be played on desktop devices or in a mobile app.
But how do you play NYT Connections?
The NYT team will provide you with a grid of 16 words once a day. The only task left up to you is to sort those words into four groups of four by finding their commonalities. Every NYT Connections puzzle has just one solution, and some words can have double meanings, so it can sometimes be tricky to figure out the answers.
It’s also important to stress that the words are color-coded: yellow, blue, green, and purple. That’s in order of difficulty, from least to most.
What’s critical here is that you get four guesses every day, and if you use those, your NYT Connections answers for today will be out of reach, as it’ll be game over.
Today’s NYT Connections Hints (April 5)
Here are the words from today’s NYT Connections puzzle:
- PIPE
- PANCAKE
- PULPIT
- LIGHT SWITCH
- SHELL
- VIOLIN
- MUSHROOM
- ORBIT
- COIN
- PASTEURIZE
- NUCLEUS
- MAGNIFYING GLASS
- ELECTRON
- GOOGOL
- DEERSTALKER
- THE BIRD
And here are the hints I can offer for today’s NYT Connections:
- Yellow – These words are used to describe parts of an atom
- Green – These words can be associated with a classic investigator, often seen with his dear ‘Watson’
- Blue – These words represent things you can flip
- Purple – These words start with a term for a squishy substance
Here’s the final warning before we get to the NYT Connections answers for today, April 5:
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NYT Connections Answers Explained for Today, April 5 (#1029)
If you want to jump straight to the answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzle, I’ve got you covered:
- Yellow – ELECTRON, NUCLEUS, ORBIT, SHELL
- Green – DEERSTALKER, MAGNIFYING GLASS, PIPE, VIOLIN
- Blue – COIN, LIGHT SWITCH, PANCAKE, THE BIRD
- Purple – GOOGOL, MUSHROOM, PASTEURIZE, PULPIT
When Does NYT Connections Reset?
That’s today’s puzzle, but if you want the next one, the game resets daily at midnight local time (that’s your local time). You’ll have 24 hours to complete the puzzle when midnight ticks over in your timezone.
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Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.
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