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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Wednesday, June 10 (Thu #1095).
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 #1096) – words of the day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- DEVIL
- BAND
- PAPAL
- BRONCHO
- VENO
- FANFARE
- UCONN
- RHINOCEROS
- CARDIO
- TROUPER
- VIKING HELMET
- BALANCE
- SHE
- WEIGHT
- PRECURSOR
- DRAWING
NYT Connections today (game #1096) – clue #1 – group clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Fitness session
- GREEN: They all have something that rhymes with “thorns”
- BLUE: It looks like a big vehicle
- PURPLE: Digital wallets
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 #1096) – clue #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A WORKOUT ROUTINE
- GREEN: THINGS WITH HORNS
- BLUE: THE HOMOPHONES OF SUVS
- PURPLE: PAYMENT APPLICATIONS LESS ONE LETTER
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1096) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections game #1096 are…
- 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
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Fail
I had a feeling today would be a tough day, but I didn’t realize how frustrating it would be.
Initially, I first got the joy of a purple one – although it took me two tries, because even though I could see the thread, I couldn’t think of any other digital wallet system after Paypal, Venmo and Stripe. SHE, who I now know is for Zelle, was a guess.
PARTS OF A WORKOUT ROUTINE I figured it out pretty easily, but where I fell down was THINGS WITH HORNS and I couldn’t think laterally with BRASS BAND. Well, see you Friday.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wed June 10, Thu #1095)
- YELLOW: TECHNICAL FASHION, WAY, METHOD, WAY
- GREEN: GROSS THINGS THAT FORM ON WET SURFACES CRUST, FILM, SKIN, SKIN
- BLUE: PARTS OF A THEATER GATEWAY, PIT, STAGE, WINGS
- PURPLE: COUNTED IN DOCUMENT WORD COUNT CHARACTER, LINE, PAGE, WORD
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.
