NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, April 1 (game #1025)

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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, March 31 (game #1024).

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.

NYT Connections today (game #1025) – today’s words

NYT Connections hints for game 1025 on a purple background — (Image credit: New York Times)

Today’s NYT Connections words are…

(See the image — this is an unusual one!)

[The word ‘DAY’ in green font]
[The word ‘STRIPE’ in red font]
[The word ‘APP’ above the word ‘LE’]
[The words ‘EHT’, ‘OT’ and ‘ERUTUF’]
[The word ‘THE’ above the word ‘[SINGIN]’ above the word ‘RAIN’]
[The word ‘MILE’ above and to the left of the word ‘CITY’]
[The word ‘DOORS’ spelled vertically, repeated three times horizontally]
[The word ‘EQUIS’ repeated vertically]
[The letters ‘EA’ above the letters ‘SY’]
[The word ‘1. CITY’ above the word ‘2. CITY‘]
[The letter ‘U’ repeated horizontantally]
[The word ‘LIFE’ above and to the right of the word ‘MILLER’]
[The word ‘GUN’ at the top of the box]

NYT Connections today (game #1025) – hint #1 – group hints

What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: Booze names
GREEN: Music groups
BLUE: Films
PURPLE: Alternative place names

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 #1025) – the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 1025 on a purple background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Connections, game #1025, are…

YELLOW: BEER BRANDS BLUE MOON, DOS EQUIS, MILLER HIGH LIFE, RED STRIPE
GREEN: ROCK BANDS GREEN DAY, PINK FLOYD, THREE DOORS DOWN, U2
BLUE: MOVIES BACK TO THE FUTURE, BLUE VELVET, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, TOP GUN
PURPLE: U.S. CITY NICKNAMES BIG APPLE, BIG EASY, MILE HIGH CITY, SECOND CITY

My rating: Hard
My score: 1 mistake

A fun, if not initially baffling game today with some very unusual tiles.

The yellow group was the only one I was blind to, but I’m puting this down to cultural differences as we are less familiar with a couple of those brands in the UK where I’m based.

APPLE and PINK FLOYD — but others I only saw after taking a gamble (I’ve never heard of THREE DOORS DOWN, but submitted it in my list of band names thinking it could be The Doors).

My favorite tile was the one for BACK TO THE FUTURE, which gave me a little tingle of untangling happiness when I saw it. Kudos to all those who beat the April Fool’s Connections without making a mistake.

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.