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This piece offers spoiler-free hints for today’s NYT Connections puzzle (Aug. 24, 2026) by focusing on the meanings behind clues and common wordplay/visual-clue tricks used in the game. It highlights example clue meanings (Face, Heel, Jobber, Kayfabe, Mullet, Pike, Sole, Tang, Arch, Chief, Main, Ex-love, Eyelet) and notes Mashable’s ongoing daily hints for NYT Connections, Wordle, and Strands.
Lifehacker’s post provides spoiler-filled hints and the full solution for the NYT Connections puzzle on August 12, 2026, detailing four groups: Yellow HOLD ONTO words (FOSTER, HARBOR, MAINTAIN, NURSE); Green KINDS OF FROGS (BULL, GREEN, POISON DART, TREE); Blue NBC SITCOM SURNAMES (BENES, BING, LEMON, SCOTT); and Purple STARTING WITH AFFIRMATIVE RESPONSES (FINE PRINT, GOODBYE, GREAT WHITE, OKAYAMA), plus tips on identifying overlapping groups and strategies for solving Connections.
Mashable reveals today’s NYT Connections #1157 hints and the full solution: Doomed (DONE, SUNK, THROUGH, TOAST), Basic Cable Channels (BET, BRAVO, HISTORY, USA), Words in an Auctioneer's Chant (GOING, ONCE, SOLD, TWICE), and Homophones of Facial Features (AYE, HARE, KNOWS, TUNG). The piece also explains how the game works (16 words per puzzle, four color-coded groups, up to four mistakes, and the option to shuffle the board).
Mashable breaks down NYT's Connections puzzle #1133 for July 18, 2026, providing category hints and the official solution. The article explains the four 16-word boards, color-coded groups (Yellow: Commit a basketball violation; Green: Belief; Blue: Things tracked in video games; Purple: Words after 'Pop'), and then lists the solution words for each category: CARRY, DOUBLE DRIBBLE, GOALTEND, TRAVEL; ATTITUDE, MIND, OPINION, VIEW; HEALTH, LIVES, SCORE, TIME; CULTURE, FLY, QUIZ, TART.
Mashable lays out tips and reveals the solution for NYT Connections #1130, showing the four category groups: terms for the legal system (BAR, BENCH, COURT, TRIBUNAL), things with laces (BASEBALL GLOVE, CORSET, FOOTBALL, SHOW), kinds of sports (EXTREME, MOTOR, RACKET, WATER), and words that precede 'Room' to indicate extra space (BREATHING, ELBOW, HEAD, WIGGLE).
The June 27, 2026 NYT Connections puzzle (#1112) solution groups are: Yellow = Monopoly squares (Boardwalk, Income Tax, Short Line, Water Works); Green = fashion-show components (catwalk, collection, designer, model); Blue = commonly striped items (barber pole, billiard ball, credit card, crosswalk); Purple = endings in horse gaits (decanter, envelope, firewalk, foxtrot). The piece also includes hints, strategies and notes on the NYT Connections bot and Times Games progress tracking.
CNET provides the hints and full solutions for the New York Times NYT Connections puzzle for June 23, 2026 (No. 1,108), detailing the four groups: yellow (dance styles: foxtrot, modern, swing, tap), green (Monopoly box items: deed, hotel, money, token), blue (content sorting options online: featured, popular, recent, trending), and purple (things with mantles/mantels: Earth, emperor, fireplace, Yankees). The piece also notes the Times’ Connections bot and how players can track progress in the Times Games section.
CNET provides hints and the completed answers for the New York Times Connections puzzle on June 22, 2026 (No. 1107). The four groups unlock as: Yellow group (Dominant) — alpha, head, lead, primary; Green group (Multiplication indicators) — by, times, X, •; Blue group (Pronunciation descriptors) — short, silent, soft, stressed; Purple group (Starting with explosive onomatopoeia) — Bangkok, boomer, Popsicle, powder. The piece also notes the puzzle’s theme and mentions a NYT Connections Bot for scoring and additional hints.
This article provides the hints and complete answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for June 21, 2026: Yellow group (Precipitation) drizzle, rain, showers, sprinkles; Green group (Bowls over) floors, rocks, stuns, surprises; Blue group (NBC sitcoms) Community, Friends, Scrubs, Wings; Purple group (Starting with insults) barb, dig, dis, slap.
CNET provides hints and the complete solutions for the New York Times Connections puzzle No. 1096 (June 11, 2026): yellow group clues form parts of a workout (balance, cardio, stretching, weights); green group clues are things with horns (brass band, devil, rhino, Viking helmet); blue group clues are homophones of SUVs (broncho, 4Runner, Trooper, Yukon); purple group clues are payment apps minus a letter (elle, papal, strip, veno).
CNET provides the solutions for the June 10, 2026 NYT Connections puzzle: Yellow group (technique) yields fashion, manner, method, way; Green group (gross things on wet surfaces) yields crust, film, scum, skin; Blue group (parts of a theater) yields catwalk, pit, stage, wings; Purple group (document word counts) yields character, line, page, word. The piece also notes the puzzle’s difficulty and mentions a NYT Connections Bot.
Mashable provides a quick guide to NYT’s daily Connections puzzle (#1095) for June 10, 2026, outlining the four category groups and their solutions: Technique (FASHION, MANNER, METHOD, WAY); Gross things that form on wet surfaces (CRUST, FILM, SCUM, SKIN); Parts of a theater (CATWALK, PIT, STAGE, WINGS); Counted in document word counts (CHARACTER, LINE, PAGE, WORD). The piece explains how the game works (16 words, four groups, color-coded difficulty) and offers hints for solving, noting the daily reset and the option to view the answers if desired.
CNET publishes hints and complete answers for the New York Times' Connections puzzle on June 8, 2026 (#1093), detailing four themed groups: landforms by water (delta, island, isthmus, peninsula); slang for head (coconut, dome, melon, pate); things that can be spiked (mohawk, punch, sea urchin, volleyball); and 'The ____ Man' movies (elephant, invisible, omega, running), plus notes on the NYT Bot and progress tracking.
CNET breaks down today's NYT Connections puzzle (June 5, 2026, No. 1,090), listing four hint groups and their solutions: yellow group themed around Hansel and Gretel with breadcrumb, forest, oven, witch; green group themed around cereals with cluster, flake, loop, puff; blue group themed around Demi Moore films with Disclosure, Ghost, Striptease, The Substance; purple group about endings in transportation terms with incubus, bus (via incubus), car (via Oscar), train (via quatrain) and ship (via situationship). The article also mentions the Times’ Connections Bot for scoring and progress tracking on Times Games.
The June 4, 2026 NYT Connections solutions reveal four groups: 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). The article also notes tips and the existence of a Times Connections Bot for scoring and progress tracking.