NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, June 10 (game #1095)

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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…

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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.

Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.