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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 Sunday 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.
Hvad skal du gøre, når du er færdig? 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 #1100) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- HORSE
- SNAKE
- CHANGE
- DOG
- SHOWER
- ENDURANCE
NEW Connections today (game #1100) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW:
- GREEN:
- BLUE: The year of…
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 #1100) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DURABILITY
- GREEN: Get ready for an evening
- BLUE: CHINESE ASTROLOGY MEDIES
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1100) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1100, are…
- YELLOW: DURABILITY LEGS, MOMENTUM, STAMINA, TRACTION
- GREEN: Get ready for an evening ACCESSORIES, CHANGE, PRIMP, SHOWER
- BLUE: CHINESE ASTROLOGY MEDIES DOG, DRAGON, HORSE, SNAKE
- PURPLE: FLOWERS
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
MONKSHOOD is one of the flowers, also known as Wolfsbane, which appears as a poison in Harry Potter’s wizarding world and Agatha Christie’s. 4:50 from Paddington.
But I got the BLOMSTER group not because I recognized MONKSHOOD, LARKSPUR, PHLOX and ANEMONE, but simply because I thought they sounded
- 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
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.
