NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, June 30 (game #1115)

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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 Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, June 29 (game #1114).

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 #1115) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

CURL

BREEZE

BOX

FENCE

SKETCH

SKATE

BOTTLE

ON TAP

CAN

WALL

RECRUIT

HEDGE

LUGE

NEWSPAPER

GATE

SKI

NYT Connections today (game #1115) - hint #1 - group hints

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

YELLOW: Things that split up places

GREEN: Skills for snow and ice sports

BLUE: Things that can be reused

PURPLE: United by a word that sound like “craft”

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 #1115) - hint #2 - group answers

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

YELLOW: DIVIDING STRUCTURES

GREEN: PARTICIPATE IN SOME WINTER OLYMPICS

BLUE: COMMON RECYCLABLES

PURPLE: WHAT "DRAFT" MIGHT REFER TO

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

NYT Connections today (game #1115) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #1115, are…

YELLOW: DIVIDING STRUCTURES FENCE, GATE, HEDGE, WALL

GREEN: PARTICIPATE IN SOME WINTER OLYMPICS CURL, LUGE, SKATE, SKI

BLUE: COMMON RECYCLABLES BOTTLE, BOX, CAN, NEWSPAPER

PURPLE: WHAT "DRAFT" MIGHT REFER TO BREEZE, ON TAP, RECRUIT, SKETCH

My rating: Hard

My score: 2 mistakes

CAN, BOX, BOTTLE and ON TAP all sounded like wine delivery methods to me, while HEDGE, BOX, BOTTLE and FENCE were surely describing someone who wouldn’t commit to an opinion.

Alas, in both cases I was very wrong, but fortunately before the situation go too dire I was able to spot four ways in which one could PARTICIPATE IN SOME WINTER OLYMPICS and the quartet of DIVIDING STRUCTURES.

With just eight tiles left I finally managed to see the COMMON RECYCLABLES while WHAT "DRAFT" MIGHT REFER TO passed me by like a a BREEZE. Fine work if you saw the purple first.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, June 29, game #1114)

YELLOW: OLD TIMEY TROUBLEMAKERS MISCREANT, ROGUE, RUFFIAN, SCOUNDREL

GREEN: CONSUME WITH GUSTO CRUSH, GUZZLE, INHALE, SNARF

BLUE: PARTS OF A SPEAKER CABINET, CONE, MAGNET, WOOFER

PURPLE: ENDING IN PARTS OF A TREE EMBARK, GROOT, NUDIBRANCH, STRUNK

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.