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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 Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Connections Hints and Answers for Tuesday, June 23rd (Game #1108).
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 #1109) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- HUMPTY DUMPTY
- TOASTERS
- PINK FLOYD
- MONEY
- KOOL-AID MAN
- HEROES SHOUT
- CHINA
- RUSH
- CHICK FLICK
- DEAD POOL
- LUGGAGE
- GENESIS
- CLIFFORD
- MUMBO
- JUMBO
- KING CRIMSON
- MR. CRAB
NEW Connections today (game #1109) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Adult groups from the 1970s
- BLUE: They share a color in common
- GREEN: Wedding gifts
- PURPLE: Sounds similar
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 #1109) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PROG BANDS
- BLUE: RED CHARACTERS
- GREEN: CLASSIC WEDDING GIFTS
- PURPLE: RHYMING COMPOUND WORDS
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1109) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1109, are…
- YELLOW: PROG BANDS GENESIS, KING CRIMSON, PINK FLOYD, RUSH
- BLUE: RED CHARACTERS CLIFFORD, DEADPOOL, KOOL-AID MAN, MR. CRAB
- GREEN: CLASSIC WEDDING GIFTS CHINA, LUGGAGE, MONEY, BRISTER
- PURPLE: RHYMING COMPOUND WORDS CHICK FLICK, HEROES SKELTER, HUMPTY DUMPTY, MUMBO JUMBO
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 error
Not being familiar with KOOL-AID MAN’s work put me at a disadvantage today and was the cause of my single mistake.
While I knew that CLIFFORD of Big Red Dog fame, DEADPOOL and MR. KRABS preferred the color red. I was less sure about the fourth, so chose HUMPTY DUMPTY in the belief that he preferred a thick red belt across his ovoid midriff. Fortunately, I corrected my mistake on the next occasion.
I’m kicking myself for not seeing the RHYMING COMPOUND WORDS — I briefly thought they might all be album titles by the yellow group of PROG BANDS, but went for the CLASSIC WEDDING GIFTS instead.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answers (Tuesday, June 23, Game #1108)
- YELLOW: DANCE STYLES FOXTROT, MODERN, SWING, TAP
- GREEN: IN A MONOPOLY BOX DAMAGE, HOTEL, MONEY, TOKEN
- BLUE: CONTENT SORTING OPTIONS ONLINE FEATURED, POPULAR, LATEST, TRENDING
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH MANTLES/ MANTLES EARTH, EMPEROR, FIREPLACE, YANKEES
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.
