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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 Wednesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Wednesday, July 1st (Game #1116).
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 #1117) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- PLAYER
- FIELD MOUSE
- TOM-TOM
- COURT Jester
- MIME
- APPEARING GLASS
- TRACK RECORD
- BILLY GOAT
- DIAMOND RING
- GLASSES
- DAN DAN NOODLES
- COPYCAT
- TALKIE
- RICH TEXT
- T-1000
- WATER CREW
NEW Connections today (game #1117) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Duplication
- GREEN: Past in present
- BLUE: Start with gentlemen
- PURPLE: Sporty beginning
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 #1117) – hint #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: THEY IMPERSONATE OTHER THINGS
- GREEN: OLD-TIME NAMES FOR THINGS WE STILL USE
- BLUE: STARTS WITH NICKNAMES
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SPORTS PLACE
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1117) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1117, are…
- YELLOW: THEY IMPERSONATE OTHER THINGS COPYCAT, MIME, MOCKINGBIRD, T-1000
- GREEN: OLD-TIME NAMES FOR THINGS WE STILL USE LOOKING GLASS, GLASSES, TALKIE, WATER CABINET
- BLUE: STARTS WITH NICKNAMES BILLY GOAT, DAN DAN NOODLES, RICH TEXT, TOM-TOM
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH SPORTS PLACE COURT SNARE, DIAMOND RING, FIELD MOUSE, TRACK RECORD
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: Perfect
It’s not often I get a purple first, so I’m glad I took a chance on DIAMOND RING, as I thought the group was all about athletics, rather than generally STARTING WITH ATHLETICS.
After this triumph I took another risk – COPYCAT, MIME and MOCKINGBIRD seemed to be about copying, but with no other obvious tile I guessed T-1000 was the name of a photocopier.
The T-1000 is of course not a copying machine, but the terrifying killing machine i Terminator 2played by the great Robert Patrick.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Wednesday, July 1st, Game #1116)
- YELLOW: THINGS NAMED BY PLACES CHAMPAGNE, CHINA, COLOGNE, LIMERICK
- GREEN: BEST PICTURE WINNERS/NOMINATES CASABLANCA, CHICAGO, FARGO, MUNICH
- BLUE: PLACES IN COCKTAIL NAMES CUBA, LONG ISLAND, MOSCOW, SINGAPORE
- PURPLE: STARTS WITH COUNTRIES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, GUINEA-BISSAU, INDIANAPOLIS, NIGERIA
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.
