Note: Make sure to complete today’s NYT Connections before reading further! We’ll be getting into spoilers for today’s game pretty quickly. If you need some help to complete the grid, you can find my NYT Connections hints and answers column for today via my author page.
Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to my deeper dive into today’s Connections answers. The idea behind this is to help clear things up for anyone who isn’t sure how today’s groups fit together.
If I’ve missed any red herrings or misunderstood something, let me know via email or on Discord. I don’t typically look at X or check the comments here.
I’m going to assume that you’ve already beaten today’s game. We’re going straight into spoiler territory here. So, consider this your one and only warning.
Here are today’s NYT Connections answers explained (and any red herrings I spot) for Wednesday, April 1:
Today’s NYT Connections Answers Explained
Connections – Yellow Group
🟨 beer brands (BLUE MOON, DOS EQUIS, MILLER HIGH LIFE, RED STRIPE)
Today’s game can’t be ideal for folks who are color blind. Sorry about that.
“Moon” is written in blue text, thus we have BLUE MOON. And since “Stripe” is in red text, we have RED STRIPE.
There are two (“dos,” in Spanish) copies of the word equis in one box. And so we have DOS EQUIS.
“Miller” is in the middle of a box, and “life” is at the top and to the right. That means we have “high life” and that leads to MILLER HIGH LIFE.
Connections – Green Group
🟩 rock bands (GREEN DAY, PINK FLOYD, THREE DOORS DOWN, U2)
“Day” is written in green and “Floyd” is in pink. So those refer to GREEN DAY and PINK FLOYD.
One box features three instances of the word “Doors,” but they read vertically instead of horizontally. Sometimes, Connections is gonna “Be Like That.” This is a reference to THREE DOORS DOWN.
And then we have the letter “U” written twice. Of course that had to be U2.
Connections – Blue Group
🟦 movies (BACK TO THE FUTURE, BLUE VELVET, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, TOP GUN)
There’s another font color riddle here, with “Velvet” written in blue for BLUE VELVET. The first time I saw that film was at an outdoor screening that had a bunch of families in attendance. Yikes!
BACK TO THE FUTURE is spelled backwards in one box.
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN is the first one I figured out here. “Singin’” is in square brackets with “the” above and “rain” below, so it’s “in” that phrase.
Once I had those three, it was easy enough to spot TOP GUN, with the word “gun” at the top of a box.
Connections – Purple Group
🟪 U.S. city nicknames (BIG APPLE, BIG EASY, MILE HIGH CITY, SECOND CITY)
MILE HIGH CITY was the first thing I figured out in today’s game. “Mile” is “high” in its box, with “City” in the middle. This is a nickname for Denver, Colorado.
SECOND CITY was up next. “City” is written twice, and numbered. The second one is underlined. SECOND CITY is a nickname for Chicago.
“Apple” and “Easy” are both written in large text, making them references to BIG APPLE and BIG EASY. Those are nicknames for New York City and New Orleans, respectively.
Connections – Red Herrings
Yeah, I don’t think the game needed any red herrings today. I certainly didn’t see any!
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