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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 5th (Game #1090).
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 #1091) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- DINNER
- EXPRESSION
- POST
- ROUND
- DRAGON
- REGISTER
- AWAYS
- SHAFT
- SHOW
- MONITOR
- EFFORTS
- HAM
- BETRAY
- BASILIC
- RASH
- POLE
NEW Connections today (game #1091) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Vertical objects
- GREEN: Show your feelings
- BLUE: Reptile
- PURPLE: Add some furniture that you sit up by
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 #1091) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PILLAR
- GREEN: INDICATES LIKE EMOTIONS
- BLUE: SHAPE OF LIZARDS
- PURPLE: _____TABLE
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1091) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1091, are…
- YELLOW: PILLAR POLE, POST, SHAFT, PILE
- GREEN: INDICATES LIKE EMOTIONS DISTRIBUTE, DISPLAY, EXPRESS, REGISTER
- BLUE: SHAPE OF LIZARDS BASIL, DRAGON, MONITOR, SKIN
- PURPLE: _____TABLE DINNER, CLIMBING, ROUND, HALLWAYS
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: Fail
My first mistake was thinking POST, TIMES, REGISTER and EXPRESS all referred to newspaper titles, but that’s not where my game fell apart.
After seeing that kind of lizards and pillar, I was left with eight tiles. Usually in this scenario I manage to merge a group together through a process of elimination, but today I couldn’t see two tiles in common, let alone three or four.
Of the two groups, I really should have seen ___TABLE; instead, I got hooked on the fact that there was a group about sports or to sign up for something.
After a few ignorant guesses, I crashed out – the first time I’ve crashed out since March. I hope it wasn’t as frustrating for you.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, June 5, Game #1090)
- YELLOW: CONNECTION TO HANSEL AND GRETEL BREAD CRUMB, FOREST, OVEN, WITCH
- GREEN: STICK GRAIN CLUSTER, FLAKE, LOOP, PUFF
- BLUE: THE DEMI MOORE MOVIE DISCLOSURE, GHOST, STRIPTEASE, THE SUBSTANCE
- PURPLE: TERMINATION WITH TRANSPORTATION METHODS INCUBUS, OSCAR, QUATRINE, SITUATION
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.
