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 and Answers for Tuesday, June 16 (Game #1101).
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 #1102) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- MOUTH
- CAVITY
- CLASSIC
- CALLIOPE
- IRIS
- LIGHT
- CHEEK
- ECHO
- CORNER
- LIP
- JUSTICE
- FONT
- EXIT
- RECREATION
- NERVE
- NICHE
NYT Connections Today (Game #1102) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: nooks
- GREEN: you have some value
- BLUE: ancient characters
- PURPLE: Starting with a variety of people.
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 #1102) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BEDROOM
- GREEN: BODY WORDS FOR ATTITUDE
- BLUE: FIGURES FROM GREEK MYTH
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS OF “ILK”
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1102): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1102 are…
- YELLOW: BEDROOM CAVITY, NICHE, CORNER, RECREATION
- GREEN: BODY WORDS FOR ATTITUDE CHEEK, LIP, MOUTH, NERVE
- BLUE: FIGURES FROM GREEK MYTH CALLIOPE, ECO, IRIS, NEMESIS
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS OF “ILK” CLASSIC, KINDLE, SORTIE, FONT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Of course, my first thought was to combine KINDLE and NOOK and then look at other ebook products. Unfortunately, I couldn’t see any.
My inability to find other reading technology ended up being the key to my success, as I saw a link to the beginnings of KINDLE and CLASSIC and put together a purple group on grading, or as Connections put it, STARTING WITH “ILK” SYNONYMS.
My mistake came when trying to compile ALCOVE, where I included BOCA instead of RINCÓN; My thinking was that NOOK was something you leaned on, rather than something indented, something that the old phrase “nooks and crannies” might have helped me do well.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Tuesday, June 16, Game #1101)
- YELLOW: CREAMY SALAD DRESSINGS BLUE CHEESE, CAESAR, GREEN GODDESS, RANCH
- GREEN: ASSISTANTS COURT, ENTRANCE, ENTRANCE, SUITE
- BLUE: WEIRD THINGS, LANGUAGELY BLACK SWAN, BLUE MOON, PERFECT STORM, UNICORN
- PURPLE: WHAT THE “HOOPS” COULD REFER TO BASKETBALL, EARRINGS, BOCURA, RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS TEAM
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.
