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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, June 9 (game #1094).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #1095) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- STAGE
- PAGE
- FASHION
- FILM
- METHOD
- SKIN
- CHARACTER
- WINGS
- PIT
- CRUST
- WORD
- WAY
- LINE
- CATWALK
- SCUM
- MANNER
NYT Connections today (game #1095) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: How it’s done
- GREEN: Disgusting matter
- BLUE: Bits of a venue
- PURPLE: Quantifiable eilements of written work
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…
NYT Connections today (game #1095) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TECHNIQUE
- GREEN: GROSS THINGS THAT FORM ON WET SURFACES
- BLUE: PARTS OF A THEATER
- PURPLE: COUNTED IN DOCUMENT WORD COUNTS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1095) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1095, are…
- YELLOW: TECHNIQUE FASHION, MANNER, METHOD, WAY
- GREEN: GROSS THINGS THAT FORM ON WET SURFACES CRUST, FILM, SCUM, SKIN
- BLUE: PARTS OF A THEATER CATWALK, PIT, STAGE, WINGS
- PURPLE: COUNTED IN DOCUMENT WORD COUNTS CHARACTER, LINE, PAGE, WORD
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 mistake
It’s funny how sometimes you can get to the right answer by going in completely the wrong direction.
After getting PARTS OF A THEATER (although I was far from certain about CATWALK) I thought I spied a second theatrical group and put together METHOD, CHARACTER, PAGE, and LINE, thinking that this described four different types of acting — I was imagining that PAGE and LINE actors were ones who strictly followed scripts.
Fortunately, after getting one away I realized it was a breakdown of the written word as in things COUNTED IN DOCUMENT WORD COUNTS. I fully expect to be punished for my luck tomorrow.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, June 2, game #1087)
- YELLOW: SYMBOLS OF INNOCENCE ANGEL, BABE, DOVE, LAMB
- GREEN: THINGS YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO REVEAL PASSWORD, SECRET, SPOILER, SURPRISE
- BLUE: THINGS REPRESENTED IN SUPERSCRIPT ASTERISK, DEGREE, EXPONENT, TRADEMARK
- PURPLE: SLANG FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AXE, BONE, KEYS, SKINS
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.