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 5 (Game #1090).
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 (Game #1091): Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- DINNER
- EXPRESS
- ROUND
- DRAGON
- RECORD
- TIMES
- AXIS
- SHOW
- MONITOR
- BET
- SKINK
- BETRAY
- BASILISK
- DRAFTING
- POLE
NYT Connections Today (Game #1091) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Vertical objects
- GREEN: show feelings
- BLUE: reptiles
- PURPLE: Add some furniture for you to sit on
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 #1091) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PILLAR
- GREEN: INDICATE, LIKE EMOTIONS
- BLUE: TYPES OF LIZARDS
- PURPLE: _____TABLE
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1091): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1091 are…
- YELLOW: PILLAR POLE, POST, AXLE, STAKE
- GREEN: INDICATE, LIKE EMOTIONS BETRAY, SHOW, EXPRESS, RECORD
- BLUE: TYPES OF LIZARDS BASILISK, DRAGON, MONITOR, SKINK
- PURPLE: _____TABLE DINNER, DRAFTING, ROUND, SCHEDULES
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Fail
My first mistake was thinking that POST, TIMES, REGISTER and EXPRESS referred to newspaper titles, but that’s not where my game fell apart.
After watching TYPES OF LIZARDS and PILAR I had eight chips left. Normally in this scenario I manage to form a group through a process of elimination, but today I couldn’t see two tiles in common, much less three or four.
Of the two groups you really should have seen ___TABLE; Instead, I got hooked on there being a group about sports or signing up for something.
After some clueless guessing, I crashed; It’s the first time I’ve crashed since March. I hope it wasn’t too frustrating for you.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Friday, June 5, game #1090)
- YELLOW: ASSOCIATED WITH HANSEL AND GRETEL BREAD ROUTE, FOREST, OVEN, WITCH
- GREEN: A LITTLE CEREAL CLUSTER, SCALE, LOOP, BACK
- BLUE: DEMI MOORE FILMS DISCLOSURE, GHOST, STRIPTEASE, THE SUBSTANCE
- PURPLE: ENDING IN TRANSPORTATION METHODS INCUBUS, OSCAR, QUATRENO, SITUATION
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.
