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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 Friday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday July 3rd (Game #1118).
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 #1119) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- TIRES
- PLACE
- EPIC
- DREAM
- ZOMBIE
- DESOLATE
- PEA
- SCORPION
- LAST
- HURRICANE
- NOTHING
- STAY
- BALLAD
- CONTINUE
- PAINFUL
- VILLANELLE
NEW Connections today (game #1119) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Does not leave…
- GREEN: Lyrical formats
- BLUE: Tiki bar classics
- PURPLE: Start with a sugary word
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 #1119) – hint #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PERSISTING
- GREEN: KIND OF POEMS
- BLUE: TROPICAL DRINKS
- PURPLE: SWEET __
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1119) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1119, are…
- YELLOW: PERSISTING GO ON, LAST, STAY, STAY
- GREEN: KIND OF POEMS BALLAD, EPIC, ODE, VILLANELLE
- BLUE: TROPICAL DRINKS HURRICANE, PAIN MEDICINE, SCORPION, ZOMBIE
- PURPLE: SWEET __ DREAMS, NOTHING, PEAS, STAIN
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I came into this game expecting Fourth of July themes—fireworks, Tom Cruise, stars and stripes—and saw none at all.
However, I immediately saw VILLANELLE, which I know as the character from To kill Evebut also as a very strictly structured poetic format. Seeing no other fictional assassins, I confidently added EPIC, ODE and BALLAD and felt very intellectual about myself until I was rewarded with a humble green.
With eight tiles left, I saw the link with the word SWEET __ — a good job, since the quartet of tropical drinks is something I was unfamiliar with.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, July 3rd, Game #1118)
- YELLOW: POSITIVE FEELINGS HAPPINESS, JOY, HAPPINESS, WARM FUZZIES
- GREEN: RETRO APPROVAL SOUND SWEET BEANS, WAY OUT, GROOVY, RIGHT ON
- BLUE: BAD THINGS TO GIVE SOMEONE COLD SHOULDER, PROTECTED APPEARANCE, HAIRY TIME, AROUND
- PURPLE: WHAT THINGS PRONOUNCED “T” CAN REFER TO GOLF ACCESSORIES, STREETS, HOT DRINKS, SHIRTS
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.
