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 Wednesday’s puzzle then click here: NYT Connections Tips & Answers for Wednesday, June 3 (Game #1088).
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 #1089) – Today’s Words
Today’s words from NYT Connections are…
- PUBLIC
- WRITER
- SALT
- PEPPER
- OIL
- VINEGAR
- KITCHEN
- TEMPERA
- STYLE
- GOUACHE
- RUN
- CITY
- BEAST
- VERVE
- ACRYLIC
- ENTHUSIASM
NYT Connections Today (Game #1089) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Useful for creating art.
- GREEN: Lust for life
- BLUE: 80s rap acts
- PURPLE: A spirit fond of white sheets
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 #1089) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PAINT MEDIA
- GREEN: SPIRIT
- AZUL: HOME OF CLASSIC HIP-HOP GROUPS
- PURPLE: GHOST_____
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #1089): The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1089 are…
- YELLOW: PAINT MEDIA ACRYLIC, GOUACHE, OIL, TEMPERATURE
- GREEN: SPIRIT TASTE, PANACHE, BRIGHTNESS, VINEGAR
- AZUL: HOME OF CLASSIC HIP-HOP GROUPS BESTIE, PUBLIC, RUN, GET OUT
- PURPLE: GHOST_____ KITCHEN, PEPPER, VILLAGE, WRITER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
There were some tricky tiptoeing chips today, with SALT attached to PEPPER and VINEGAR; RUN also belongs to the GHOST___ group; and VINEGAR, OIL, SALT and PEPPER are the ingredients of a classic salad dressing.
Fortunately, I managed to avoid these pitfalls, largely because I decided that BEASTIE couldn’t refer to anything other than BEASTIE BOYS.
I was a little more hesitant about GHOST____, particularly KITCHEN, but I had a vague memory of hearing the term, although in the UK “dark kitchen” is the most common description of a kitchen that exists only for takeaway customers.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, June 3, Game #1088)
- YELLOW: TYPES OF RICE BROWN, JASMINE, STICKY, SUSHI
- GREEN: GUMMY BEAR DESCRIPTORS COLORFUL, GUMMY, SUGARY, URSINO
- BLUE: SALTY STUFFED PASTRIES PIE, FAT, PILLS, SAMOSA
- PURPLE: DISNEY PRINCESSES MINUS THE LAST LETTER ARIE, BELL, MOAN, RAY
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 through the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
