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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Thursday, June 11 (Thu #1096).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the clever word game from the New York Times that challenges you to group answers into different categories. This can be difficult, so read on if you need tips on connections.
What should you do once you’re done? Well, play other word games of course. I also have daily Strands tips and answers and articles on Quordle tips and answers if you need help with those too, while Marc’s Wordle page today covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (set #1097) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SCHOOL DAYS
- HEADBOARD
- QUOTE
- END OF QUOTE
- CURSE
- COPY EDITOR
- SPELL
- CHECKER
- BANK CASHIER
- PACK RAT
- CHARM
- BRACELET
- MURDER MYSTERY
- SELFIE MIRROR
- MOUTHGUARD
- PRIDE ROCK
- ECHO PARK
- DELTA AIRLINES
- HEXAGONAL WRENCH
NYT Connections today (game #1097) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Start with magic words
- GREEN: Started with beastly words
- BLUE: Start with the same words
- PURPLE: Start with wet words
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today’s NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections today (game #1097) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: START WITH INCANTATIONS
- GREEN: START WITH ANIMAL GROUP NAMES
- BLUE: START WITH THE SYNONYMS OF “REPEAT”
- PURPLE: START WITH PARTS OF A RIVER
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1097) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1097 are…
- YELLOW: START WITH INCANTATIONS CHARM BRACELET, CURSE, HEX KEY, SPELLING CHECKER
- GREEN: START WITH ANIMAL GROUP NAMES MURDER MYSTERY, PACK RAT, PRIDE ROCK, SCHOOL DAYS
- BLUE: START WITH THE SYNONYMS OF “REPEAT” COPY EDITOR, ECHO PARK, MIRROR SELFIE, QUOTE WITHOUT QUOTE
- PURPLE: START WITH PARTS OF A RIVER BANK TASHIER, HEADBOARD, DELTA AIRLINES, MOUTHGUARD
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
A special “start with…” that made the second words of each tile irrelevant, meaning the Connections setters simply made all those tiles two words just to play with our brains. THANKS.
Realizing this trick made this game easier, but I still got caught trying to make my groups of four.
START WITH INCANTATIONS and START WITH NAMES OF ANIMAL GROUPS I had it quite easily; MURDER MYSTERY was the ideal gift for the latter. However, I fell apart after that and was lucky to escape with a win.
At first, my remaining eight tiles evoked an alternative phonetic alphabet grouping DELTA AIRLINES, ECHO PARK, MIRROR SELFIE and QUOTE UNQUOTE; after some luck, I finally figured out START WITH THE SYNONYMS OF “REPEAT”.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday June 11, Thu #1096)
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A WORKOUT ROUTINE BALANCE, CARDIO, STRETCHING, WEIGHTS
- GREEN: THINGS WITH HORNS BRASS BAND, DEVIL, RHINO, VIKING HELMET
- BLUE: THE HOMOPHONES OF SUVS BRONCHO, PRECURSOR, TROUPER, UCONN
- PURPLE: PAYMENT APPLICATIONS LESS ONE LETTER SHE, PAPALE, BAND, VENO
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little more difficult, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the final question, as you will be able to answer it through a process of elimination. Additionally, you can make up to four mistakes, giving you some breathing room.
However, it’s a bit more complex than something like Wordle, and the game provides plenty of opportunities to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that could obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games website on computer or mobile.
