If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1106 features some heavy misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into a weather or casual conversation theme before pulling the rug out from under you.
Below are strategic, spoiler-free hints to help you group today’s words on your own, followed by the exact categories and answers at the bottom of the page.
Today’s Connections Strategy & Commentary
Watch out for the red herrings today. At first glance, words like Rain and Drizzle look like an obvious match for a simple weather theme, but some words cross over into other meanings that can confuse you. We recommend looking closely at multiple definitions for each word. Separating common uses from less familiar meanings will make the remaining 12 words significantly easier to manage.
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Connections Hints Today: Category Clues
If you just need a nudge to get your brain moving in the right direction, here are clues for the four color-coded groups:
- 🟨 Yellow Group Hint (Easiest): Different forms of water falling from the sky
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): Verbs meaning to overwhelm, impress, or astonish someone
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): Popular television shows that originally aired on the same network
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Words that follow terms used to insult or criticize someone
Stuck on one word? If you have Barbados, try looking at how it fits after a different word rather than its geographic meaning. It might belong to the trickier Purple group today!
NYT Connections Answers Today: Sunday, June 21, 2026
⚠️Spoiler Warning: Beyond this point lies the full solution for Puzzle #1106. If you still want to solve the grid yourself using the clues above, do not scroll down.
Here are the completed categories and groupings for today’s puzzle:
🟨 Yellow Category: Precipitation
- Rain
- Drizzle
- Showers
- Sprinkles
🟩 Green Category: Bowls Over
- Rocks
- Stuns
- Surprises
- Floors
🟦 Blue Category: NBC Sitcoms
- Friends
- Community
- Scrubs
- Wings
🟪 Purple Category: Starting With Kinds Of Insults
- Barbados
- Slapdash
- Diggity
- Dissect
Previous answer
NYT Connections Answer for June 20, 2026 (Puzzle #1105): Featuring Silent and Pronounced Ks / Endorse / Kinds of Chairs / Words Repeated in Hit Song Titles
Join the Discussion
Did today’s puzzle give you a perfect “Reverse Rainbow” solving Purple to Yellow, or did the red herrings wipe out your board?
Share your results grid or vent about today’s trickiest crossover words in the comments below!
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