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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 2nd (Game #1087).
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 #1088) – word of the day
Today’s NEW Connections word is…
- RAY
- JASMINE
- COLORFUL
- BELL
- STICKY
- NICE
- BROWN
- SUSHI
- GUMMY
- ARIA
- SUGAR
- SAMOSA
- FATAYER
- URSIN
- EMPANADA
- MOAN
NEW Connections today (game #1088) – tip #1 – group tip
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A carbohydrate that is nice
- GREEN: Sweet animals
- BLUE: Packed lunches
- PURPLE: Animated idols with no character
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 #1088) – tip #2 – group answer
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FORM OF RICE
- GREEN: GUMMY BEAR DESCRIPTION
- BLUE: SAME FILLED CAKES
- PURPLE: DISNEY PRINCESSES MINUS THE LAST LETTER
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Connections today (game #1088) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1088, are…
- YELLOW: FORM OF RICE BROWN, JASMINE, STICKY, SUSHI
- GREEN: DESCRIPTION OF GUMMY BEAR COLORFUL, GUMMY, SUGAR, VERSIN
- BLUE: SAME FILLED CAKES EMPANADA, FATAYER, PASTY, SAMOSA
- PURPLE: DISNEY PRINCESSES MINUS THE LAST LETTER ARIE, BELL, MOAN, RAY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I’m usually pretty good at food groups, so I should have worked faster on today’s game.
FORM OF RICE I saw quickly enough, but the other two groups were more difficult and I had to take a leap of faith with FATAYER, which is the only one of the SAME FILLED CAKES that I had never eaten.
I had a similar fourth tile problem with GUMMY BEAR DESCRIPTORS, thinking that GUMMY, SUGARY, and COLORFUL all described more chewy candies, and I only chose URSINE since I know of the other remaining tiles that seemed to work. It was only afterwards that I discovered that URSINE meant bear-like.
Yesterday’s NEW Connections Answer (Tuesday, June 2, Game #1087)
- YELLOW: SECRET SEWER-DUCK-DAGGER, COVERT, QUIET-QUIET, TOP SECRET
- GREEN: BRITISH POTATO BOBOLE AND KRINKE, CHIPS, JACKET POTATO, MAS
- BLUE: HERALDIC ACHIEVEMENTS COAT OF ARMS, CREST, HELMET, SHIELD
- PURPLE: TERMINATION IN MODAL AUXILIARY CAPE MAJ, FREE WILL, GRAPE MUST, DANISH
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.
