NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, June 27 (game #1112)

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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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, June 26 (game #1111).

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 #1112) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

CATWALK

FOXTROT

CREDIT CARD

COLLECTION

BOARDWALK

DESIGNER

ENVELOPE

CROSSWALK

FIREWALK

INCOME TAX

BILLIARD BALL

MODEL

SHORT LINE

DECANTER

WATER WORKS

BARBER POLE

NYT Connections today (game #1112) - hint #1 - group hints

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

YELLOW: Featured in a property game

GREEN: Elements of a style parade

PURPLE: Equine movement

BLUE: All feature bands across them

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 #1112) - hint #2 - group answers

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

YELLOW: MONOPOLY SQUARES

GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A FASHION SHOW

PURPLE: ENDING IN HORSE GAITS

BLUE: COMMONLY STRIPED THINGS

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

NYT Connections today (game #1112) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #1112, are…

YELLOW: MONOPOLY SQUARES BOARDWALK, INCOME TAX, SHORT LINE, WATER WORKS

GREEN: COMPONENTS OF A FASHION SHOW CATWALK, COLLECTION, DESIGNER, MODEL

PURPLE: ENDING IN HORSE GAITS DECANTER, ENVELOPE, FIREWALK, FOXTROT

BLUE: COMMONLY STRIPED THINGS BARBER POLE, BILLIARD BALL, CREDIT CARD, CROSSWALK

My rating: Hard

My score: 1 mistake

Another appearance for FOXTROT after it featured in a group of DANCE STYLES a few days ago. This time it was really tricky, as I spotted the link with DECANTER but the four words ending in “walk” made it difficult to commit to my hunch that we were looking for a group about different types of horse movement.

Scared of making multiple mistakes I went down a different route and connected the four STRIPED THINGS then COMPONENTS OF A FASHION SHOW.

With just eight tiles left I still had two tiles ending in "walk" to guess between and managed to pick the wrong one.

A really sneaky game, this one and one that was especially difficult for those of us outside the US, like myself in the UK, who have different MONOPOLY SQUARES..

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, June 26, game #1111)

YELLOW: CRUNCHY SNACK ITEM CHIP, CRACKER, NUT, PRETZEL

GREEN: VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF WOOD BOARD, LOG, SPLINTER, TREE

BLUE: AREAS OF LOW GROUND DALE, DELL, GORGE, HOLLOW

PURPLE: COLORS PLUS A LETTER BRONZER, PINKY, REDO, TANG

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.