Want a different day?
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’re looking for Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Thursday, June 18 (Thu #1103).
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 #1104) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- Time machine
- ANTI-ALCOHOLIC
- DIM SUM
- SOY SAUCE
- SPINDERELLA
- FORTUNE COOKIE
- VEGEMITE
- VISCOUNT
- CHOPSTICKS
- MISO PASTE
- NOBODY NOBODY
- HEART AND SOUL
- BY COINCIDENT
- THE
- ARTIST
- PARMESAN
- FOR ELISE
NYT Connections today (game #1104) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Strong tastes
- GREEN: Key Starters
- BLUE: Reading material at the front
- PURPLE: Add it at the end
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 #1104) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FOODS RICH IN UMAMI
- GREEN: WHAT A BEGINNER COULD LEARN ON THE PIANO
- BLUE: START WITH MAGAZINES
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS OF “AGGREGATE”
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1104) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1104 are…
- YELLOW: FOODS RICH IN UMAMI MISO PASTE, PARMESAN, SOY SAUCE, VEGEMITE
- GREEN: WHAT A BEGINNER COULD LEARN ON THE PIANO BAGUETTES, FÜR ELISE, HEART AND SOUL, THE ENTERTAINER
- BLUE: START WITH MAGAZINES FORTUNE COOKIE, PERSON PEOPLE, SPINDERELLA, TIME MACHINE
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH SYNONYMS OF “AGGREGATE” BY Coincidence, DIM SUM, TEETOTAL, VICOMTE
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
I’ve pretty much managed to avoid lumping all Chinese food items into one group (DIM SUM, FORTUNE COOKIE, BUPSTICKS, SOY SAUCE) after thinking that MISO PASTE, VEGEMITE and SOY SAUCE must be related. I was thinking about fermentation rather than unami, which is how I came to add PARMESAN.
My past life working in publishing – including at a Time subsidiary – helped me see START WITH MAGAZINES. All four are quite rare in that they still thrive; most of the titles I worked for no longer exist.
Finally, with eight tiles remaining, I was able to make an error-free game after spotting the count, sum, total and count at the end of END BY SYNONYMS OF “AGGREGATE”.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Thursday June 18, Thu #1103)
- YELLOW: TYPES OF FITNESS CLASSES AEROBICS, BARRE, BOOTCAMP, PILATES
- GREEN: BEHAVIOR ATTITUDE, POSITION, DOOR, PRESENCE
- BLUE: PEACE ACTIVISTS GANDHI, KING, MANDELA, TUTU
- PURPLE: TOOLS MINUS THE LAST TWO LETTERS HAMM, JIGS, FLOU, WREN
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.
