Are you looking for a different day?
A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s game.” If instead you are looking for the Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Sunday, May 31 (Game #1085).
Good day! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into various categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play more word games, of course. I also have daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle’s current 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.
NYT Connections Today (Set #1086) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- WEDDING
- MENAGERIE
- ONION
- NEWSPAPER
- CEILING
- SNEAKERS
- TREE
- CAT
- DOOR
- TATTOO
- TUBE
- WALL
- KEY
- WINDOW
- TRAM
- TUNICA
NYT Connections Today (Game #1086) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Elements of a space
- GREEN: Chair inactivity
- BLUE: Partial names of famous works.
- PURPLE: Add a word that rhymes with “thing”
Do you need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers are to the four topics for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #1086) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ROOM CHARACTERISTICS
- GREEN: OLD REST ACCESSORIES
- BLUE: SUBJECTS IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DEGREES
- PURPLE: ____RING
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1086): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1086 are…
- YELLOW: ROOM CHARACTERISTICS CEILING, DOOR, WALL, WINDOW
- GREEN: OLD REST ACCESSORIES NEWSPAPER, PIPE, GOWN, SLIPPERS
- BLUE: SUBJECTS IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DEGREES CAT, HOUSE OF HOURS, TRAM, TATTOO
- PURPLE: ____RING KEY, ONION, TREE, WEDDING
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
Being a bit old-fashioned and wanting to spend more time lounging, I should have gotten ANTIQUE ACCESSORIES TO LOZE easier, but my mistake was including CAT instead of ROBE, since any time I can rest, it invariably involves adding a cat on my lap.
Next, knowing the titles of three works by Tennessee Williams has rarely been useful, but today it was invaluable, although it would have been better if I knew four, so along with CAT, MENAGERIE and STREETCAR I initially had DOOR instead of TATTOO.
The four works in question are Cat on a hot tin roof, The glass menagerie, A streetcar named desireand The rose tattooif you were wondering.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday, May 31, Game #1085)
- YELLOW: THINGS THAT ARE YELLOW BUTTER, PIKACHU, RUBBER DUCK, SCHOOL BUS
- GREEN: BILLIARDS TERMS REST, CUE, POCKET, SHELF
- BLUE: ARJAMA FOR A SAILOR JACK, SALT, SEA DOG, TAR
- PURPLE: TYPES OF WOOD MORE “S” BELT, SOAK, LOIN, STEAK
What are NYT connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games created 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 is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final question since you’ll be able to answer it through a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little breathing room.
However, it’s a little more complicated than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
