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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 Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, June 18 (game #1103).
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 #1104) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- TIME MACHINE
- TEETOTAL
- DIM SUM
- SOY SAUCE
- SPINDERELLA
- FORTUNE COOKIE
- VEGEMITE
- VISCOUNT
- CHOPSTICKS
- MISO PASTE
- PEOPLE PERSON
- HEART AND SOUL
- COINCIDENTALLY
- THE
- ENTERTAINER
- PARMESAN
- FÜR ELISE
NYT Connections today (game #1104) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Strong tastes
- GREEN: Key starters
- BLUE: Reading material at the front
- PURPLE: Add it up at the end
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 #1104) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: UMAMI-RICH FOODS
- GREEN: THINGS A BEGINNER MIGHT LEARN ON THE PIANO
- BLUE: STARTING WITH MAGAZINES
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "AGGREGATE"
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1104) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1104, are…
- YELLOW: UMAMI-RICH FOODS MISO PASTE, PARMESAN, SOY SAUCE, VEGEMITE
- GREEN: THINGS A BEGINNER MIGHT LEARN ON THE PIANO CHOPSTICKS, FÜR ELISE, HEART AND SOUL, THE ENTERTAINER
- BLUE: STARTING WITH MAGAZINES FORTUNE COOKIE, PEOPLE PERSON, SPINDERELLA, TIME MACHINE
- PURPLE: ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR "AGGREGATE" COINCIDENTALLY, DIM SUM, TEETOTAL, VISCOUNT
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I just about managed to avoid threading all the Chinese food items into a group (DIM SUM, FORTUNE COOKIE, CHOPSTICKS, SOY SAUCE) after thinking that MISO PASTE, VEGEMITE and SOY SAUCE must be linked. I was thinking of fermentation rather than unami, which is how I came to add PARMESAN.
My past life working in publishing — including at a subsidiary of Time — helped me to see STARTING WITH MAGAZINES. All four are quite rare in that they are still thriving; most of the titles I worked for no longer exist.
Finally, with eight tiles left I was able to pull off a mistake-free game after spotting tally, sum, total and count at the end of ENDING IN SYNONYMS FOR “AGGREGATE”.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, June 18, game #1103)
- YELLOW: FITNESS CLASS TYPES AEROBICS, BARRE, BOOTCAMP, PILATES
- GREEN: DEMEANOR ATTITUDE, BEARING, CARRIAGE, PRESENCE
- BLUE: PEACE ACTIVISTS GANDHI, KING, MANDELA, TUTU
- PURPLE: TOOLS MINUS LAST TWO LETTERS HAMM, JIGS, PLIE, WREN
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.