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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 Saturday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Saturday, June 20 (Game #1105).
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 #1106) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- DIGGITY
- STILL
- RELAX DASH
- SCRUBS
- SURPRISES
- RAIN
- DISSECT
- FLOOR
- BARBADOS
- COMMUNITY
- MOMENTS
- SPRINKLE
- SHOWERS
- WINGS
- DISCREET
- FRIENDS
NEW Connections today (game #1106) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: It’s wet out there
- GREEN: That surprises me
- BLUE: Fun shows
- PURPLE: Slurry could be another
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 #1106) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PRECIPITATION
- GREEN: BOWLS OVER
- BLUE: NBC SITCOMS
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH FORM OF SENSATIONS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1106) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1106, are…
- YELLOW: PRECIPITATION SPRAY, RAIN, SHOWERS, SPRAY
- GREEN: BOWLS OVER FLOOR, ROCKS, STUNNING, SURPRISES
- BLUE: NBC SITCOMS COMMUNITY, FRIENDS, SCRUB, WINGS
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH FORM OF SENSATIONS BARBADOS, DIGGITY, DISSECT, SLAPDASH
- My assessment: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
When I saw tiles for FRIENDS, SCRUBS and COMMUNITY in the grid, I immediately thought of the classic sitcoms.
It was hard to get a fourth though – at first I thought ROCKS might be a spin-off from 30 Rock which I had never heard of, but instead I bet on WINGS. This airplane-based comedy never made it to the UK, but I have a vague memory of it with various characters from Bowl.
After this triumph, the rest of the board was pretty basic – not that I saw STARTING WITH SENSATIONS. Thanks if you saw them.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, June 20, Game #1105)
- YELLOW: WITH QUIET AND PRONOUNCED “K”S JACKKNIFE, KNAPSACK, KNICKS, KNOCK-KNOCK
- GREEN: SUPPORT BACK, BOLSTER, CHAMPION, SUPPORT
- BLUE: SHAPE OF CHAIRS BANSET BAG, BOW BOW, ROCKER, CABINET
- PURPLE: WORDS REPEATED IN HIT TITLE JUMPIN’, LOUIE, NEW YORK, REBEL
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.
