NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, April 18 (game #1042)

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Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

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for Friday, April 17 (game #1041) . 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. Article continues below You may like NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, April 17 (game #1041) NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, April 11 (game #1035) NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, April 4 (game #1028) NYT Connections today (game #1042) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are MARVEL DC CRUSHWORTHY POWER FANTAGRAPHICS DARK HORSE VOLTAGE WONDER SLEEPER FRESCADE STARE LONG SHOT PEPSINOGEN UNDERDOG GOGGLE AC NYT Connections today (game #1042) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT
Connections groups? YELLOW: Gaze at amazing sights GREEN: Switched on BLUE: Surprise victor PURPLE: Begin with a drink 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 Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. NYT Connections today (game #1042) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: LOOK AT WITH AWE GREEN: BASIC ELECTRICITY TERMS BLUE: UNEXPECTED WINNER PURPLE: STARTING WITH SODA BRANDS Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. Get Better At Wordle deals 22 Amazon customer reviews 4.11 View 6.99 View 10.99 View Show more We check over 250 million products every day for the
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(Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game
#1042, are What to read next NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, April 3 (game #1027) NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, April 6 (game #1030) NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, March 28 (game #1021) YELLOW: LOOK AT WITH AWE GOGGLE, MARVEL, STARE, WONDER GREEN: BASIC ELECTRICITY TERMS AC, DC, POWER, VOLTAGE BLUE: UNEXPECTED WINNER DARK HORSE, LONG SHOT, SLEEPER, UNDERDOG PURPLE: STARTING WITH SODA BRANDS CRUSHWORTHY, FANTAGRAPHICS, FRESCADE, PEPSINOGEN My rating: Hard My score: 1 mistake Even as I was pressing submit I just knew I was falling into a trap, but couldnt help linking the comic publishers DC, MARVEL, FANTAGRAPHICS and DARK HORSE.

Down, down I fell, hook, line and sinker, punished for liking comics instead of more highbrow pursuits such as reading the New York Times .

Had I seen the inspired STARTING WITH SODA BRANDS group it would have made up for this crushing failure, but alas it slipped me by kudos if you saw it.

Moving on, after being tricked I had a slight amount of trepidation about linking AC and DC but here, at least, the obvious assumption was also the correct one. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, April 17, game #1041) YELLOW: VEGETABLE PARTS BULB, LEAF, ROOT, STEM GREEN: PREVAILING COMMON, DOMINANT, GENERAL, POPULAR BLUE: PARTS OF A PIANO HAMMER, KEY, PEDAL, STRING PURPLE: SECOND HALVES OF DRINK NAMES SODA, STORMY, TAN, TONIC 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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