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 you are instead looking for the Thursday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Thursday, June 11 (Game #1096).
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 #1097) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- SCHOOL DAYS
- BED HEAD
- APPOINTMENT
- REMOVE QUOTE
- DAMN WORD
- COPY EDITOR
- SPELL
- INSPECTOR
- BANK TELLER
- PACKET RAT
- CHARM
- BRACELET
- MURDER MYSTERY
- SELFIE IN THE MIRROR
- MOUTH PROTECTOR
- PRIDE ROCK
- ECO PARK
- DELTA AIRLINES
- HEXAGONAL KEY
NYT Connections Today (Game #1097) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Start with magic words
- GREEN: It started with beastly words
- BLUE: Start with like words
- PURPLE: Start with wet words
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 #1097) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STARTING WITH CHARMS
- GREEN: STARTING WITH ANIMAL GROUP NAMES
- BLUE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS OF “REPEAT”
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH PARTS OF A RIVER
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1097): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1097 are…
- YELLOW: STARTING WITH CHARMS BRACELET WITH CHARMS, CURSE, HEXAGONAL KEY, SPELL CORRECTOR
- GREEN: STARTING WITH ANIMAL GROUP NAMES MURDER MYSTERY, PACK RAT, PRIDE ROCK, SCHOOL DAYS
- BLUE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS OF “REPEAT” COPY EDITOR, ECHO PARK, MIRROR SELFIE, QUOTE WITHOUT QUOTE
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH PARTS OF A RIVER BANK ATM, BED HEAD, DELTA AIRLINES, MOUTH PROTECTOR
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
A special “starting with…” that made the second words in each tile irrelevant, meaning Connections’ setters simply made all of these tiles two words just to mess with our brains. Thank you.
Realizing this trick made this game easier, but I still got stuck trying to make my groups of four.
STARTING WITH CHARMS and STARTING WITH ANIMAL GROUP NAMES I understood it quite easily; MURDER MYSTERY was the gift for the latter. However, after that I fell apart and was lucky to escape with a victory.
At first, the remaining eight tiles evoked an alternative phonetic alphabet that grouped DELTA AIRLINES, ECHO PARK, MIRROR SELFIE and QUOTE UNQUOTE; After getting a lucky one, I finally understood BEGINNING WITH SYNONYMS OF “REPEAT”.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Thursday, June 11, Game #1096)
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A TRAINING ROUTINE BALANCE, CARDIO, STRETCHING, WEIGHTS
- GREEN: THINGS WITH HORNS BRASS BAND, DEVIL, RHINO, VIKING HELMET
- BLUE: SUV HOMOPHONES BRONCHO, PRECURSOR, TROUPER, UCONN
- PURPLE: PAID APPS LESS ONE LETTER ELLE, PAPAL, TIRA, VENO
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.
