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 Friday puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Friday, June 19 (Game #1104).
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 #1105) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- CHAMPION
- NEW YORK
- KNICKS
- HOP
- ROCKER
- BACKPACK
- POUF
- STRENGTHEN
- RAZOR
- SUPPORT
- KNOCK-KNOCK
- LOUIE
- BACK
- STOOL
- REBEL
- RECLINING
NYT Connections Today (Game #1105) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A letter you can’t hear
- GREEN: get behind someone
- BLUE: sit on these
- PURPLE: So good that they named them twice.
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 #1105) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PRESENTS SILENT AND PRONOUNCED “K”
- GREEN: BACK UP
- BLUE: TYPES OF CHAIRS
- PURPLE: REPEATED WORDS IN HIT SONG TITLES
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1105): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1105 are…
- YELLOW: PRESENTS SILENT AND PRONOUNCED “K” POCKET KNIFE, BACKPACK, KNICKS, KNOCK-KNOCK
- GREEN: BACK UP BACK, REINFORCEMENT, CHAMPION, SUPPORT
- BLUE: TYPES OF CHAIRS POUF, RECLINER, ROCKER, STOOL
- PURPLE: REPEATED WORDS IN HIT SONG TITLES JUMPIN’, LOUIE, NEW YORK, REBEL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 error
My mistake came when I was on the right track but I thought that BOLSTER was one of the CHAIR TYPES and BEANBAG was not at all. But of course, anything can be a chair if you’re sitting in it.
After finally getting the blue group right, I was hesitant about the WORDS REPEATED IN THE TITLES OF THE HIT SONGS: LOUIE, NEW YORK, REBEL, they all seemed right, but I went for JUMPIN’ because I had completely forgotten about the Destiny’s Child song. Jumping Jumping; KNOCK-KNOCK He almost tricked me, but I resisted.
Meanwhile, I ignored the yellow group thinking the silent Ks were too obvious. How will Connections get the KNICKS into a game next?
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, June 19, game #1104)
- YELLOW: FOODS RICH IN UMAMI MISO PASTE, PARMESAN, SOY SAUCE, VEGEMITE
- GREEN: THINGS A BEGINNER COULD LEARN ON THE PIANO CHOPSTICKS, FÜR ELISE, HEART AND SOUL, THE ANIMATOR
- BLUE: STARTING WITH MAGAZINES FORTUNE COOKIE, PERSONA, SPINDERELLA, TIME MACHINE
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS OF “AGGREGATE” COINCIDENTALLY, DIM SUM, ABSTINENCE, VISCOUNT
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.
