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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 Monday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Monday, June 8 (Game #1093).
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 #1094) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- STAR
- AX
- ANGEL
- SURPRISE
- SECRET
- TRADEMARK
- BONE
- DOVE
- DEGREE
- ACCESS CODE
- LAMB
- KEYS
- BABE
- LEATHER
- EXPONENTIAL
- SPOILERS
NEW Connections today (game #1094) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW The appearance of purity
- GREEN: Sssh don’t tell anyone
- BLUE: Known for the shorter version
- PURPLE: Tools of the melodic trade
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 #1094) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SYMBOLS OF INNOCENCE
- GREEN: THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT DROP
- BLUE: THINGS REPRESENTED IN SUPERSCRIPT
- PURPLE: HOSE FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1094) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1094, are…
- YELLOW: SYMBOLS OF INNOCENCE ANGEL, BABE, DOVE, LAMB
- GREEN: THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT DROP PASSWORD, SECRET, SPOILER, SURPRISE
- BLUE: THINGS REPRESENTED IN SUPERSCRIPT ASTERISK, DEGREE, EXPONENT, TRADEMARK
- PURPLE: HOSE FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AXES, KNOBS, KEYS, SKINS
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
My detours today included ways to get into a door (KEYS, PASSWORD, AX), terms of affection (BABE, ANGEL) and the one that cost me a mistake, ways to protect something (PASSWORD, TRADEMARK, SECRET, KEYS).
Luckily these roads didn’t take me too far off course and I even managed to get a purple first.
KEYER, SKINS and AX I knew musician was slang for piano, drums and guitar, but BONE was a new one; I was expecting a percussion instrument until I googled it and found it was short for trombone.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Monday, June 8, Game #1093)
- YELLOW: LANDFORMS BY WATER DELTA, ISLAND, ISTHMUS, PENINSULA
- GREEN: HOSE TO HEAD COCONUT, DOME, MELON, PATEY
- BLUE: THINGS THAT CAN BE NAILED MOHAWK, PUNCH, LAKE ACCESS, VOLLEYBALL
- PURPLE: “THE ____ MAN” MOVIE ELEPHANT, INVISIBLE, OMEGA, RUN
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.
