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 are looking for the Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Saturday, June 13 (Thu #1098).
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 #1100) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- HORSE
- ANEMONE
- SNAKE
- CHANGE
- LEGS
- DOG
- Larkspur
- SHOWER
- DRAGON
- TRACTION
- DROP
- MONK’S ROOM
- MOMENTUM
- PHLOX
- ACCESSORIES
- ENDURANCE
NYT Connections today (game #1100) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Continue
- GREEN: Make yourself nice
- BLUE: The year of…
- PURPLE: Plant life
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 #1100) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STAY IN POWER
- GREEN: GET READY FOR AN EVENING
- BLUE: ANIMALS OF THE CHINESE ZODIAC
- PURPLE: FLOWERS
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (set #1100) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1100 are…
- YELLOW: STAY IN POWER LEGS, MOMENTUM, ENDURANCE, TRACTION
- GREEN: GET READY FOR AN EVENING ACCESSORY, CHANGE, PRIMP, SHOWER
- BLUE: ANIMALS OF THE CHINESE ZODIAC DOG, DRAGON, HORSE, SNAKE
- PURPLE: FLOWERS ANEMONE, LARKSPUR, MONKSHOOD, PHLOX
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
MONKSHOOD is one such flower also known as Wolfsbane, which features as a poison in the wizarding world of Harry Potter and Agatha Christie. 4:50 p.m. from Paddington.
However, I chose the FLOWERS group not because I recognized MONKSHOOD, LARKSPUR, PHLOX and ANEMONE, but simply because I thought they sounded as if they could all be flowers.
In fact, that was the case with all groups today: I couldn’t see the connections, but I knew just about enough. Some days it will do just fine.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Sunday June 14, match #1099)
- YELLOW: CLASSIC SLAPSTICK ACCESSORIES BANANA PEEL, CREAM PIE, RUBBER CHICKEN, BOTTLE OF SELTZER
- GREEN: THINGS THAT SPIN GLOBE, GRINDSTONE, GYROSCOPE, ROULETTE
- BLUE: FEATURED IN “ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND” CATERPILLAR, POCKET WATCH, RABBIT HOLE, TEA PARTY
- PURPLE: WHAT “MY” COULD REFER TO MASSACHUSETTS, MASTER OF ARTS, MILLIAMPERE, MOTHER
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.
