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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 Saturday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Saturday, June 13 (Game #1098).
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 #1099) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- Grinding stone
- MOTHER
- CATERPILLAR
- Cream pie
- MASSACHUSETTS
- TEA PARTY
- GYROSCOPE
- GLOBE
- POCKET MONEY
- SELTZER BOTTLE
- MILLIAMPS
- ROULETTE WHEEL
- BANANA PEEL
- MASTER OF ARTS
- RABBIT HOLE
- RUBBER CHICKEN
NEW Connections today (game #1099) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Visual gags
- GREEN: Turn things around
- BLUE: Lewis Carroll props
- PURPLE: Connected by two letters
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 #1099) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CLASSIC SLAPSTICK PROPS
- GREEN: THINGS WHIPPING
- BLUE: IN “ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND”
- PURPLE: WHAT “MA” MAY REFER TO
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1099) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1099, are…
- YELLOW: CLASSIC SLAPSTICK PROPS BANANA PEEL, CREAM PIE, RUBBER CHICKEN, SELTZER BOTTLE
- GREEN: THINGS WHIPPING GLOBE, GRINDER, GYROSCOPE, ROULETTE WHEEL
- BLUE: IN “ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND” CATERPILLAR, POCKET, RABBIT HOLE, TEA PARTY
- PURPLE: WHAT “MA” MAY REFER TO MASSACHUSETTS, MASTER OF ART, MILLIAMPERE, MOTHER
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 errors
When I saw TEA PARTY and MASSACHUSETTS next to each other, my first thought was Boston; I added GLOBE because the Boston Globe newspaper sounded like an option and took a chance on CREAM PIE. I hit “send” fully expecting to get a purple one first – unfortunately it was completely wrong.
At this point I thought of the most common appearance of a CREAM PIE – as a practical joke – and managed to compile the four CLASSIC SLAPSTICK PROPS.
As it often does, they unlocked the others to get the first group – although it took me two tries to get THINGS THAT SPIN as I had POCKET MOUND instead of GRINDSTONE.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Saturday, June 13, Game #1098)
- YELLOW: SEEN AT A TEA SERVICE SAUCER, SPOON, TEA CUP, CUPS
- GREEN: ENDURANCE SONG CLASSIC, HIT, OLDIE, STANDARD
- BLUE: USED IN FILM PRACTICAL EFFECTS MAKEUP, MINIATURE, PROSTHETICS, DOLL
- PURPLE: WORD BEFORE “STORY” IN FILM TITLE CHRISTMAS, NO ENDING, TOYS, 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 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.
