Connections #1097 Hints And Answers For Today's NYT Puzzle Friday June 12, 2026

Connections is a web-based daily puzzle created by The New York Times in 2023. The daily puzzles are written by the NYT's crossword editor, Wyna Liu. Connections is a fun exercise on association: you are given an interactive grid of sixteen words, and the objective is to correctly link four words under the same idea, with four groups in total.

How To Play

• Access the daily NYT Connections puzzle here, and press ‘Play'.
• You will be presented with a 4×4 interactive word grid. To start, you select four words and press the ‘Submit' button below the grid. You can unselect words by clicking on the selected word again.
• If you feel stuck, you can press the ‘Shuffle' button below the grid. You might see new connections by rearranging the words in the grid.
• You are allowed up to four mistakes, so think carefully!

The puzzle consists of four color-coded groups, progressing in complexity from simple ideas to specific terminology and wordplay. Yellow () is the simplest, followed by Green (), then Blue (), and ending with Purple () as the most complex.

Each daily puzzle is the same for everyone and resets after midnight in your local time zone, giving you more ways to interact with people around the world.

Hints For Today's Connections

Here are minor hints that might help you find the correct solution:

• Yellow – Partly Contains A Magical Effect
• Green – Partly Describes A Collection Of Creatures
• Blue – Partly Begins With Duplication
• Purple – Partly Has Features Of A Body Of Freshwater

Connections Categories For Today

If you need a bit more push, here are the actual categories for today:

• Yellow – Starting With Incantations
• Green – Starting With Animal Group Names
• Blue – Starting With Synonyms For "Repeat"
• Purple – Starting With Parts Of A River

Beyond this point is spoiler territory, so tread lightly!

Connections Answers For Today, Puzzle #1097

• Yellow – Starting With Incantations
  
  CHARM BRACELET, CURSE WORD, HEX KEY, SPELL CHECKER
• Green – Starting With Animal Group Names
  
  MURDER MYSTERY, PACK RAT, PRIDE ROCK, SCHOOL DAYS
• Blue – Starting With Synonyms For "Repeat"
  
  COPY EDITOR, ECHO PARK, MIRROR SELFIE, QUOTE UNQUOTE
• Purple – Starting With Parts Of A River
  
  BANK TELLER, BED HEAD, DELTA AIRLINES, MOUTH GUARD

If you're interested in Connections, you can check out the NYT's Connections archive for more puzzles to try!

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This story was originally published June 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM.