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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 Sunday, June 28 (Game #1113).
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 #1114) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- WOOFER
- RUFFIAN
- INHALE
- BIG
- INITIATE
- MAGNET
- QUICKLY
- CONE
- ROGUE
- CRUSH
- CABINET
- STRUCK
- NUDIBRANCH
- MISCELLANEOUS
- GUZZLE
- SHOULD
NEW Connections today (game #1114) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Hooligans from the past
- GREEN: Eat quickly
- BLUE: Parts of a musical loudness device
- PURPLE: Don’t do the wrong one
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 #1114) – hint #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: OLD TIMEY TROUBLE MAKERS
- GREEN: CONSUMPTION WITH YELLOW
- BLUE: PARTS OF A SPEAKER
- PURPLE: END IN PARTS OF A TREE
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1114) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1114, are…
- YELLOW: OLD TIMEY TROUBLE MAKERS INVESTIGATION, SKULL, RUFFIAN, SKULL
- GREEN: CONSUMPTION WITH YELLOW CRUSH, DRIVE, BREATHE, SNAP
- BLUE: PARTS OF A SPEAKER CABINET, CONE, MAGNET, WOOFER
- PURPLE: END IN PARTS OF A TREE EMBARK, GROOT, NUDIBRANCH, STRUNK
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
I wasted some time looking at parts of words and convinced myself there must be a dog themed collection thanks to WOOFER and EMBARK, but ENDING IN PARTS OF A TREE eluded me.
My mistake was stupid. I knew we were treading OLD TIMEY TROUBLEMAKERS, but I included GROOT instead of ROGUE based on some half-remembered slang rather than the Marvel character.
Meanwhile, did anyone else experience deja vu from the green group CONSUMPTION WITH GOD? I’m sure we’ve had this quartet before.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Sunday, June 28, Game #1113)
- YELLOW: HIGH QUALITY CHOICE, FINE, PRIME, SELECT
- GREEN: SIGNALS TO START BEGIN, GO, NOW, START
- BLUE: ACCESSORIES FOR A GUITARIST CAPO, PICK, SLIDE, STRAP
- PURPLE: THEY HAVE BELTS CHESS, CORPORATION, DARTS, SURFERS
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.
