If today’s New York Times Connections grid has you burning through your mistakes, you are not alone. Puzzle #1111 features some heavy misdirection, with several words seemingly fitting into food or tool themes 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 Chip and Nut look like an obvious match for a broad food theme, while Log and Splinter may seem to fit tools or building materials. Committing to those wider groups early will cost you lives. We recommend looking closely at the specific definitions and multiple meanings of each word, as this will make sorting the full set much 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): Words that relate to light, dry food items often eaten as snacks
- 🟩 Green Group Hint (Medium): These refer to wood in different forms, sizes, or stages of processing
- 🟦 Blue Group Hint (Hard): These are terms for low-lying land or depressions in the landscape
- 🟪 Purple Group Hint (Tricky): Each word starts with a color name followed by one extra letter
Stuck on one word? If you have words like Bronzer or Pinky, try splitting the word into parts rather than looking at its full meaning. It might belong to the trickier Purple group today!
NYT Connections Answers Today: Friday, June 26, 2026
⚠️Spoiler Warning: Beyond this point lies the full solution for Puzzle #1111. 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: Crunchy Snack Item
- Chip
- Nut
- Cracker
- Pretzel
🟩 Green Category: Various Amounts Of Wood
- Log
- Splinter
- Tree
- Board
🟦 Blue Category: Areas Of Low Ground
- Dale
- Gorge
- Dell
- Hollow
🟪 Purple Category: Colors Plus A Letter
- Bronzer
- Pinky
- Tang
- Redo
Previous answer
NYT Connections Answer for June 25, 2026 (Puzzle #1110): Computer Peripherals / Tightly Packed / Hazardous Elemental Metals / Starting With Bird Homophones
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Did today’s puzzle give you a perfect “Reverse Rainbow” (solving Purple to Yellow), or did the red herrings wipe out your board?
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