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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 Thursday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Thursday, June 11 (Game #1096).
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 #1097) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- SCHOOL DAYS
- HEAD OF THE BED
- QUOTE
- UNCITATED
- CURSE WORDS
- COPY EDITOR
- SPELL
- CHECKING
- BANK COUNTER
- PACK RAT
- CHARM
- BRACELET
- murder mystery
- MIRROR SELFIE
- mouth guard
- PRIDE ROCK
- ECHO PARK
- DELTA AIRLINES
- HEX WRENCH
NEW Connections today (game #1097) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Begin with witch words
- GREEN: Began with animal words
- BLUE: Begin with the same words
- PURPLE: Start with wet words
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 #1097) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: STARTS WITH INcantations
- GREEN: STARTS WITH ANIMAL GROUP NAMES
- BLUE: STARTS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “REPEAT”
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH PARTS OF A RIVER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1097) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1097, are…
- YELLOW: STARTS WITH INcantations CHARM BRACELET, CURSE WORD, HEX KEY, SPELL CHECK
- GREEN: STARTS WITH ANIMAL GROUP NAMES MURDER MYSTERY, PACK RAT, PRIDE ROCK, SCHOOL DAYS
- BLUE: STARTS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “REPEAT” COPY EDITOR, ECHO PARK, MIRROR SELFIE, QUOTE UNCITATE
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH PARTS OF A RIVER COUNTER, HEAD OF BED, DELTA AIRLINES, oral guard
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
A “starting with…” special that made the other words in each tile irrelevant – meaning the Connections setters just made all those tiles into two words just to play with our brains. Thanks.
Realizing this trick made this game easier, but I still got caught trying to put my groups of four together.
STARTING WITH CIVILIZATIONS and STARTING WITH ANIMAL GROUP NAMES I got easily enough; MURDER MYSTERY was the giveaway for the latter. However, I fell apart after that and was lucky to escape with a win.
First, my remaining eight pieces conjured up an alternate phonetic alphabet grouping DELTA AIRLINES, ECHO PARK, MIRROR SELFIE, and QUOTE UNQUOTE; after getting a lucky one off I finally figured out TO START WITH SYNONYMS FOR “REPEAT”.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Thursday, June 11, Game #1096)
- 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
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.
