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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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, June 3 (game #1088).
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 #1089) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- PUBLIC
- WRITER
- SALT
- PEPPER
- OIL
- VINEGAR
- KITCHEN
- TEMPERA
- PANACHE
- GOUACHE
- RUN
- TOWN
- BEASTIE
- VERVE
- ACRYLIC
- GUSTO
NYT Connections today (game #1089) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Useful to create art
- GREEN: Lust for life
- BLUE: 1980s rap acts
- PURPLE: A spirit fond of white sheets
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 #1089) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PAINTING MEDIA
- GREEN: ESPRIT
- BLUE: STARTS OF CLASSIC HIP-HOP GROUPS
- PURPLE: GHOST_____
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1089) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1089, are…
- YELLOW: PAINTING MEDIA ACRYLIC, GOUACHE, OIL, TEMPERA
- GREEN: ESPRIT GUSTO, PANACHE, VERVE, VINEGAR
- BLUE: STARTS OF CLASSIC HIP-HOP GROUPS BEASTIE, PUBLIC, RUN, SALT
- PURPLE: GHOST_____ KITCHEN, PEPPER, TOWN, WRITER
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
There were a few trick tiles to tiptoe around today, with SALT linking to PEPPER and VINEGAR; RUN also belonging in the GHOST___ group; and VINEGAR, OIL, SALT and PEPPER being the ingredients of a classic salad dressing.
Fortunately, I managed to sidestep these traps, largely due to deciding that BEASTIE could not refer to anything other than BEASTIE BOYS.
I was a little bit more tentative about GHOST____, particularly KITCHEN, but I had some vague recollection of hearing the term — although in the UK “dark kitchen” is the more common description of a kitchen that exists just for takeout customers.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, June 3, game #1088)
- 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
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.