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

NYT Connections hints for game 1095 on a purple background — (Image credit: New York Times)

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…

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

NYT Connections answers for game 1095 on a purple background — (Image credit: New York Times)

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.