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 Saturday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Saturday, June 13 (Game #1098).
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 #1099) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- GRINDSTONE
- MOTHER
- CATERPILLAR
- CREAM CAKE
- MASSACHUSETTS
- TEA PARTY
- GYROSCOPE
- GLOBE
- POCKET WATCH
- SELTZER BOTTLE
- MILIAMPERE
- ROULETTE WHEEL
- banana peel
- MASTER OF ARTS
- RABBIT HOLE
- RUBBER CHICKEN
NYT Connections Today (Game #1099) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: visual jokes
- GREEN: changing things
- BLUE: Lewis Carroll Accessories
- PURPLE: United by two letters
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 #1099) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CLASSIC SLAPSTICK ACCESSORIES
- GREEN: THINGS THAT SPIN
- BLUE: FEATURED IN “ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND”
- PURPLE: WHAT “MA” COULD REFER TO
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1099): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1099 are…
- YELLOW: CLASSIC SLAPSTICK ACCESSORIES Banana peel, cream pie, RUBBER CHICKEN, SELTZER BOTTLE
- GREEN: THINGS THAT SPIN GLOBE, Grindstone, GYROSCOPE, ROULETTE WHEEL
- BLUE: FEATURED IN “ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND” CATERPILLAR, POCKET WATCH, RABBIT WOOD, TEA PARTY
- PURPLE: WHAT “MA” COULD REFER TO MASSACHUSETTS, MASTER OF ARTS, MILIAMPERE, MOTHER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
Seeing TEA PARTY and MASSACHUSETTS side by side, the first thing I thought of was Boston; I added GLOBE because the Boston Globe seemed like a possibility and took a chance on CREAM PIE. I pressed “send” expecting to get a purple color first; Unfortunately, it was completely wrong.
At this point I thought of the most common appearance of a CREAM PIE, as a joke, and managed to compile the four CLASSIC SLAPSTICK ACCESSORIES.
As is often the case, getting the first group unlocked the others, although it took me two tries to get THINGS THAT SPINTED, since I had a POCKET WATCH instead of a Grindstone.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday, June 13, game #1098)
- YELLOW: SEEN IN A TEA SERVICE PLATE, SPOON, TEA CUP, TONGS
- GREEN: LASTING SONG CLASSIC, SUCCESSFUL, OLD, STANDARD
- BLUE: USED IN PRACTICAL FILM EFFECTS MAKEUP, MINIATURE, PROSTHESIS, PUPPET
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “STORY” IN MOVIE TITLES CHRISTMAS, ENDLESS, TOY, WEST SIDE
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.
