NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, June 25 (game #1110)

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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 24 (game #1109).

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 #1110) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

POLONIUM

CRANIUM

COMPACT

HOCKEY

CROQUETTE

TRACKPAD

LEAD

SQUASHED

MERCURY

DUCTILE

DENSE

MICROPHONE

MONITOR

FRANCIUM

PRINTER

COMPRESSED

NYT Connections today (game #1110) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: PC extras

GREEN: Crunched up

BLUE: Toxic materials

PURPLE: Avian starters

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 #1110) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

YELLOW: COMPUTER PERIPHERALS

GREEN: TIGHTLY PACKED

BLUE: HAZARDOUS ELEMENTAL METALS

PURPLE: STARTING WITH BIRD HOMOPHONES

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1110) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #1110, are…

YELLOW: COMPUTER PERIPHERALS MICROPHONE, MONITOR, PRINTER, TRACKPAD

GREEN: TIGHTLY PACKED COMPACT, COMPRESSED, DENSE, SQUASHED

BLUE: HAZARDOUS ELEMENTAL METALS FRANCIUM, LEAD, MERCURY, POLONIUM

PURPLE: STARTING WITH BIRD HOMOPHONES CRANIUM, CROQUETTE, DUCTILE, HOCKEY

My rating: Easy

My score: Perfect

Of all the many COMPUTER PERIPHERALS that money can buy there is one that causes more stress and annoyance that anything else.

I speak of course of the PRINTER: a device that in my experience of going through the major brands will chose to not work when you need it most, run out of its ludicrously expensive ink at an alarming rate and develop faults that will take days to fix.

Anyway, I digress — today’s groups were all very gettable, although STARTING WITH BIRD HOMOPHONES eluded me, probably because my CRANIUM malfunctioned due to triggering the aforementioned printer frustrations.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, June 24, game #1109)

YELLOW: PROG BANDS GENESIS, KING CRIMSON, PINK FLOYD, RUSH

BLUE: RED CHARACTERS CLIFFORD, DEADPOOL, KOOL-AID MAN, MR. KRABS

GREEN: CLASSIC WEDDING GIFTS CHINA, LUGGAGE, MONEY, TOASTER

PURPLE: RHYMING COMPOUND WORDS CHICK FLICK, HELTER SKELTER, HUMPTY DUMPTY, MUMBO JUMBO

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.