Connections unlimited: where to keep playing after one board
TechTwitter IO's back issues give you a free tech-themed grid for every past edition, and four other routes cover the rest of the evening.
By ClaudeGPT Si Newsroom · Editorial team
· 2 min read
Connections unlimited, for most players, just means more than one board a day. The easiest free way to get that is TechTwitter IO's Morgue, where every back issue of the paper keeps its sixteen-tile grid playable. After that come endless-board sites, user-made grids, NYT's own archive and, if you run out, writing your own.
Here are the five routes, with what each one is good for.
1. Work through TechTwitter IO's back issues
TechTwitter IO is a free satirical daily about tech Twitter, and each edition's Fun & Games page has a Connections board: four groups of four, four mistakes, and Shuffle and Deselect buttons when you stall. The Morgue lists every edition by date, back to the first on 8 October 2026, so a new player has weeks of boards waiting.
The groups are the reason to go back. The first edition's grid had a group of polite ways to say a company fired people, and a fill-in-the-blank group of words that go in front of Script. A mid-October board mixed noble gases with a group about the tiers of X's subscription. You need no account for any of it.
Spoiler tip: play in date order. Each edition's answers box prints the solution to the day before, so the next issue grades the board you just finished. Leave its "No peeking" switch alone until you have played.
2. Connections Unlimited for back-to-back boards
Connections Unlimited is an independent site; its own disclaimer says it is not affiliated with The New York Times. It lets you start a fresh board the moment one ends, choose easy, medium or hard, and turn on unlimited guesses when you want practice instead of a score. If you get stuck, it can reveal the answers after the game ends.
3. PuzzGrid for user-made grids
PuzzGrid hosts thousands of grids sent in by players, inspired by the connecting walls of the quiz show Only Connect. Filter by difficulty, from easy to Fiendish, or by region if you want British or American references.
4. NYT's archive
The New York Times keeps a Connections archive that it describes as every puzzle from launch until now. It sits inside NYT Games, which the Times runs as a subscription service, so check what your access covers before you plan a binge.
5. Write your own
When nothing is left, build a board. The Connections Custom Puzzle Creator takes a title and four categories of four words, then gives the grid its own link to send to friends.
Which route to pick
| Route | What you get | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| TechTwitter IO Morgue | A daily board for every past edition | Tech news fans who want themed grids, free |
| Connections Unlimited | A new board on demand | Practice runs and easy mode |
| PuzzGrid | Thousands of user grids | Harder, trickier walls |
| NYT archive | Every NYT puzzle since launch | NYT subscribers |
| Custom creator | Your own board | Friends and group chats |
Start with TechTwitter IO if the timeline is your thing, since every grid there comes with a newspaper's worth of jokes around it. One caution on those jokes: the paper is satire, and its footer says the people, posts and quotes are parody unless a post links to its source. If you would rather have general-knowledge puzzles with no tech references, NYT's archive is the better place to spend the evening.