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 Tuesday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Tuesday, June 2 (Game #1087).
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 #1088) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- RAY
- JASMINE
- COLORFUL
- BELL
- CLINGY
- PASTY
- BROWN
- SUSHI
- CLINGY
- ARIE
- SUGARY
- SAMOSA
- FATAYER
- URSINE
- PIE
- MOAN
NYT Connections Today (Game #1088) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A carburetor that is good
- GREEN: candy animals
- BLUE: food packages
- PURPLE: Animated idols without characters.
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 #1088) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TYPES OF RICE
- GREEN: GUMMY BEAR DESCRIPTORS
- BLUE: SALTY STUFFED PASTRIES
- PURPLE: DISNEY PRINCESSES MINUS THE LAST LETTER
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1088): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1088 are…
- YELLOW: TYPES OF RICE BROWN, JASMINE, STICKY, SUSHI
- GREEN: GUMMY BEAR DESCRIPTORS COLORFUL, GUMMY, SUGARY, URSINO
- BLUE: SALTY STUFFED PASTRIES PIE, FAT, PILLS, SAMOSA
- PURPLE: DISNEY PRINCESSES MINUS THE LAST LETTER ARIE, BELL, MOAN, RAY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I’m usually pretty good with food groups, so I should have gotten the job done faster in today’s game.
TYPES OF RICE I saw them pretty quickly, but the other two groups were more laborious and I had to take a leap of faith with FATAYER, which is the only one of the SATTLED SATURDAYS that I had never eaten.
I had a similar problem with the fourth tile with GUMMY BEAR DESCRIPTORS, thinking that GUMMY, SUGARY, and COLORFUL described multiple chewy candies and I only chose URSINE because I knew the other remaining tiles seemed to work. Only later did I discover that URSINE meant “bear-like.”
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, June 2, Game #1087)
- YELLOW: CLANDESTINE CAPE AND DAGGER, COVERT, SILENCE, TOP SECRET
- GREEN: BRITISH POTATO DISHES BUBBLE AND SQUEAK, FRIES, JACKET POTATO, MASH
- BLUE: HERALDIC ACHIEVEMENTS COAT OF ARMS, SHIELD, HELMET, SHIELD
- PURPLE: ENDING IN MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS CAPE MAY, FREE WILL, GRAPE MUST, CAN
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.
