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A new NEW Connections puzzle pops up at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people are always playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s”. If you’re looking for the Wednesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Wednesday, June 10 (Game #1095).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers into different categories. It can be difficult, so read on if you need Connections tips.
What are you going to do when you’re done? Why, play some more puns of course. I also have daily Strands Hints and Answers and Quordle Hints and Answers articles if you need help with those too, while Marc’s Wordle Today page covers the original viral pun.
SPOILER ALERT: Today’s NYT Connections information is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NEW Connections today (game #1096) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- DEVIL
- STRIP
- PAUL
- BRONCHO
- VENO
- BRASS BAND
- UCONN
- RHINO
- CARDIO
- TROOPS
- VIKING HELMET
- BALANCE
- ELLE
- WEIGHT
- TRAITOR
- FRYING
NEW Connections today (game #1096) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Fitness session
- GREEN: Everyone has something that rhymes with “thorns”
- BLUE: Sounds 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 theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NEW Connections today (game #1096) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A TRAINING ROUTINE
- GREEN: THING WITH HORN
- BLUE: HOMOPHONE OF SUVS
- PURPLE: PAYMENT APPS MINUS ONE LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1096) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1096, are…
- YELLOW: PARTS OF A TRAINING ROUTINE BALANCE, CARDIO, STRETCHING, WEIGHTS
- GREEN: THING WITH HORN BRASS BAND, DEVIL, RHINO, VIKING HELMET
- BLUE: HOMOPHONE OF SUVS BRONCHO, FORERUNNER, TROUPER, UCONN
- PURPLE: PAYMENT APPS MINUS ONE LETTER ELLE, PAPAL, STRIP, VENO
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Fail
I had an inkling that today would be a tough day, but I had no idea how frustrating it would be.
At first, I had the pleasure of a purple first – although it took me two tries, as even though I could see the thread, I couldn’t think of any other digital wallet system after Paypal, Venmo and Stripe. ELLE, which I now know is for Zelle, was a guess.
PARTS OF A WORKOUT ROUTINE I got easily enough, but where I fell down was the HORN THING and failure to think laterally with the BRASS BAND. Well, roll on Friday.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Wednesday, June 10, Game #1095)
- YELLOW: TECHNOLOGY FASHION, MANNER, METHOD, MANNER
- GREEN: GREEN THINGS THAT FORM ON WET SURFACES CRUSH, FILM, SHUTTINGS, SKIN
- BLUE: PARTS OF A THEATER CATWALK, 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 degree of difficulty: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough, and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you technically don’t need to solve the last one, as you’ll be able to answer it by a process of elimination. Also, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a bit more involved than something like Wordle, though, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to let you beat yourself up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other puns that can hide the answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
