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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 18 (Game #1103).
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 #1104) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- TIME MACHINE
- TEE TOTAL
- DIM SUM
- SOY SAUCE
- SPIDERELLA
- FORTUNE Cookie
- VEGETABLES
- VISCOUNT
- chopsticks
- MISO PASTE
- HUMAN PERSON
- HEART AND SOUL
- RANDOMLY
- THE
- ENTERTAINING
- PARMESAN
- FOR ELISE
NEW Connections today (game #1104) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Strong taste
- GREEN: Key starters
- BLUE: Reading material in front
- PURPLE: Add it at the end
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 #1104) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: UMAMI-RICH FOODS
- GREEN: THINGS A BEGINNER MIGHT LEARN ON THE PIANO
- BLUE: STARTS WITH MAGAZINES
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “TOTAL”
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1104) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1104, are…
- YELLOW: UMAMI-RICH FOODS MISOPASTA, PARMESAN, SOY SAUCE, VEGETABLES
- GREEN: THINGS A BEGINNER MIGHT LEARN ON THE PIANO Chopsticks, FÜR ELISE, HEART AND SOUL, THE ENTERTAINER
- BLUE: STARTS WITH MAGAZINES FORTUNE COOKIE, PEOPLE PERSON, SPINDERELLA, TIME MACHINE
- PURPLE: ENDS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “TOTAL” RANDOM, DIM SUM, TEETOTAL, VISCOUNT
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I just managed to avoid lumping all the Chinese foods into one group (DIM SUM, FORTUNE COOKIE, CHOPPINDE, SOY SAUCE) after thinking that MISOPASTE, VEGEMITE and SOY SAUCE should be chained together. I thought about fermentation instead of unami and that’s how I came to add PARMESAN.
My previous life working in publishing – including at a subsidiary of Time – helped me see STARTING WITH MAGAZINES. All four are quite rare in that they still thrive; most of the titles I worked for no longer exist.
Finally, with eight pieces left, I was able to play a flawless game after seeing number, sum, total, and count at the end ENDS WITH SYNONYMS FOR “AGGREGATE.”
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Thursday, June 18, Game #1103)
- YELLOW: TYPES IN FITNESS CLASS AEROBICS, BARRE, BOOT CAMP, PILATES
- GREEN: DEEMEANOR ATTITUDE, LOCATION, CARRIAGE, PRESENCE
- BLUE: PEACE ACTIVITIES GANDHI, KING, MANDELA, TUTU
- PURPLE: TOOL MINUS THE LAST TWO LETTERS HAMM, JIGS, PLIE, WREN
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.
