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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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Friday, June 26 (Game #1111).
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 #1112) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- CATWALK
- FOXTROT
- CREDIT CARD
- COLLECTION
- BOARDWALK
- DESIGNER
- ENVELOPE
- CROSSING
- FIRE WALL
- INCOME TAX
- BILLIARD BALL
- MODEL
- SHORT LINE
- EDGES
- WATER WORKS
- BARBER ROD
NEW Connections today (game #1112) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Featured in a real estate game
- GREEN: Elements of a style parade
- PURPLE: Movement of horses
- BLUE: All have bands across them
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 #1112) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: MONOPOLY FORDER
- GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A FASHION SHOW
- PURPLE: ENDS IN THE YEAR OF THE HORSE
- BLUE: PLAIN STRIPED STUFF
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1112) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1112, are…
- YELLOW: MONOPOLY FORDER BOARDWORK, INCOME TAX, SHORT LINE, WATERWORK
- GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A FASHION SHOW CATWALK, COLLECTION, DESIGNER, MODEL
- PURPLE: ENDS IN THE YEAR OF THE HORSE EDGES, ENVELOPE, FIREWALL, FOXTROT
- BLUE: PLAIN STRIPED STUFF BARBER ROD, BILLIARD BALL, CREDIT CARD, CROSSING
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Another appearance for FOXTROT after it was in a group DANCE STYLES a few days ago. This time it was really difficult when I saw the link to DECANTS, but the four words ending in “walk” made it hard to commit to my feeling that we were looking for a group on different types of horse movement.
Afraid of making more mistakes, I went another way and connected the four STRIPED THINGS and then COMPONENTS OF A FASHION SHOW.
With only eight tiles left, I still had two tiles ending in “walk” to guess between, and I managed to pick the wrong one.
A really sneaky game this and one that was particularly difficult for those of us outside the US like myself in the UK who have various MONOPOLISTS..
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, June 26, Game #1111)
- YELLOW: CRUNCHY SNACK CHIP, CRACKER, NUTS, PRETZEL
- GREEN: VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF WOOD BOARD, BLOOM, SPLINTER, WOOD
- BLUE: AREAS OF LOW GROUND DALE, DELL, GORGE, HOLE
- PURPLE: COLORS PLUS A LETTER BRONZER, PINKY, READY, TANG
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.
