NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, June 17 (game #1102)

Looking for a different day?

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 16 (game #1101).

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 #1102) – today’s words

NYT Connections hints for game 1102 on a purple background — (Image credit: New York Times)

Today’s NYT Connections words are…

MOUTH
CAVITY
CLASSIC
CALLIOPE
IRIS
KINDLE
CHEEK
ECHO
NOOK
LIP
NEMESIS
TYPEFACE
SORTIE
RECESS
NERVE
NICHE

NYT Connections today (game #1102) – hint #1 – group hints

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

YELLOW: Crannies
GREEN: You’ve got some nerve
BLUE: Ancient characters
PURPLE: Beginning with a variety of people

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…

NYT Connections today (game #1102) – hint #2 – group answers

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

YELLOW: ALCOVE
GREEN: BODILY WORDS FOR ATTITUDE
BLUE: FIGURES IN GREEK MYTH
PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “ILK”

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

NYT Connections today (game #1102) – the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 1102 on a purple background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Connections, game #1102, are…

YELLOW: ALCOVE CAVITY, NICHE, NOOK, RECESS
GREEN: BODILY WORDS FOR ATTITUDE CHEEK, LIP, MOUTH, NERVE
BLUE: FIGURES IN GREEK MYTH CALLIOPE, ECHO, IRIS, NEMESIS
PURPLE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “ILK” CLASSIC, KINDLE, SORTIE, TYPEFACE

My rating: Hard
My score: 1 mistake

Of course my first thought was to pair KINDLE and NOOK and then go in search of other E-book products. Alas, I couldn’t see any.

My failure to find any other reading tech ended up being the key to my success, as I saw a link with the starts of KINDLE and CLASSIC and put together a purple group about sorting — or as Connections put it, STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR “ILK”.

My mistake came in attempting to collect ALCOVE, where I included MOUTH instead of NOOK; my thinking was that NOOK was something you leaned on, rather than something indented, something the old phrase “nooks and crannies” might have helped me get right.

Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, June 16, game #1101)

YELLOW: CREAMY SALAD DRESSINGS BLUE CHEESE, CAESAR, GREEN GODDESS, RANCH
GREEN: ATTENDANTS COURT, ENTOURAGE, RETINUE, SUITE
BLUE: RARE THINGS, IDIOMATICALLY BLACK SWAN, BLUE MOON, PERFECT STORM, UNICORN
PURPLE: WHAT “HOOPS” MIGHT REFER TO BASKETBALL, EARRINGS, RED TAPE, RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS GEAR

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.