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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’re looking for Saturday’s 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 #1099) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- GRINDSTONE
- MOTHER
- CATERPILLAR
- CREAM PIE
- MASSACHUSETTS
- TEA PARTY
- GYROSCOPE
- GLOBE
- POCKET WATCH
- BOTTLE OF SELTZER
- MILLIAMPERE
- ROULETTE WHEEL
- BANANA SKIN
- MASTER OF ARTS
- RABBIT HOLE
- RUBBER CHICKEN
NYT Connections today (game #1099) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Visual gags
- GREEN: Transform things
- BLUE: Lewis Carroll Accessories
- PURPLE: Linked by two letters
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 #1099) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CLASSIC SLAPSTICK ACCESSORIES
- GREEN: THINGS THAT SPIN
- BLUE: FEATURED IN “ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND”
- PURPLE: WHAT “MY” COULD REFER TO
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1099) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1099 are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 errors
Seeing TEA PARTY and MASSACHUSETTS side by side, my first thought was Boston; I added GLOBE because the Boston Globe newspaper seemed like a possibility and I took a chance on CREAM PIE. I hit “submit” expecting to get a purple first – alas, that was completely wrong.
At this point I thought about the most common appearance of a CREAM PIE – as a joke – and managed to compile the four CLASSIC SLAPSTICK ACCESSORIES.
As is often the case, the first group unlocked the others – although it took me two tries to get THINGS THAT SPIN because I had a POCKET WATCH instead of GRINDSTONE.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Saturday June 13, match #1098)
- YELLOW: SEEN AT A TEA SERVICE SAUCER, SPOON, TEA CUP, TONGS
- GREEN: SUSTAINABLE SONG CLASSIC, HIT, OLDIE, STANDARD
- BLUE: USED IN PRACTICAL FILM EFFECTS MAKEUP, MINIATURE, PROSTHETIC, PUPPET
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “STORY” IN MOVIE TITLES CHRISTMAS, ENDLESS, TOY, WEST SIDE
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.
