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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 2 (game #1087).
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 #1088) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- RAY
- JASMINE
- COLORFUL
- BELL
- STICKY
- PASTY
- BROWN
- SUSHI
- GUMMY
- ARIE
- SUGARY
- SAMOSA
- FATAYER
- URSINE
- EMPANADA
- MOAN
NYT Connections today (game #1088) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: A carb that’s nice
- GREEN: Candy animal
- BLUE: Food parcels
- PURPLE: Animated idols without a 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…
NYT Connections today (game #1088) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: KINDS OF RICE
- GREEN: GUMMY BEAR DESCRIPTORS
- BLUE: SAVORY STUFFED PASTRIES
- PURPLE: DISNEY PRINCESSES MINUS LAST LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1088) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #1088, are…
- YELLOW: KINDS OF RICE BROWN, JASMINE, STICKY, SUSHI
- GREEN: GUMMY BEAR DESCRIPTORS COLORFUL, GUMMY, SUGARY, URSINE
- BLUE: SAVORY STUFFED PASTRIES EMPANADA, FATAYER, PASTY, SAMOSA
- PURPLE: DISNEY PRINCESSES MINUS LAST LETTER ARIE, BELL, MOAN, RAY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I am usually pretty good at food groups, so I should have made quicker work of today’s game.
KINDS OF RICE I saw quickly enough, but the other two groups were more laborious and I had to take a leap of faith with FATAYER, which is the only one of the SAVORY STUFFED PASTRIES that I had never eaten.
I had a similar fourth tile issue with GUMMY BEAR DESCRIPTORS, thinking that GUMMY, SUGARY and COLORFUL all described multiple chewy candies and I only picked URSINE as know of the other remaining tiles seemed like they would work. It was only afterwards that i discovered URSINE meant bear-like.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, June 2, game #1087)
- YELLOW: CLANDESTINE CLOAK-AND-DAGGER, COVERT, HUSH-HUSH, TOP SECRET
- GREEN: BRITISH POTATO DISHES BUBBLE AND SQUEAK, CHIPS, JACKET POTATO, MASH
- BLUE: HERALDIC ACHIEVEMENTS COAT OF ARMS, CREST, HELMET, SHIELD
- PURPLE: ENDING IN MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS CAPE MAY, FREE WILL, GRAPE MUST, TIN CAN
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.