All the Hints, Clues, and Answers to NYT Connections (#1,095) June 10, 2026

Done with your morning coffee but still have some groups left to guess in today’s Connections puzzle? We’ve got some hints that will help you wrap up the game and move on with your day. If you’re on your last attempt, we recommend taking a look at the list of themes or the official answers instead of risking your winning streak for a shot in the dark. Here are all the hints, clues, and answers to today’s NYT Connections (#1,095, June 10, 2026).

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What is Connections?

After Wordle, Connections is the New York Times’ most popular word game. The rules are simple. You need to find words with a common theme and group them into 4 groups of 4. The 16-word grid is designed with an increasing level of difficulty. The Yellow group is the easiest to spot, followed by Green, Blue, and Purple. The misdirects and red herrings can trip you up, but they also make the puzzle more fun. You can play the puzzle in the NYT Games app or on the NYT website.

Some tips to solve Connections

Look for the obvious patterns: Not every category in the puzzle is confusing. The Yellow and Green category words are relatively easy to spot. However, if something seems too obvious, it could be a red herring. Typically, the first two categories comprise verbs and adjectives. The misdirects are often nouns.

Double-check your submissions: ‘Do not overthink’ is usually a good tip for solving most puzzles, but it doesn’t really apply to Connections. Before submitting a set of words, you should always check whether they fit somewhere else too.

Hit a dead end? Use the shuffle button: The shuffle button at the bottom of the grid exists for a reason. Placing the words in different positions can spark new connections. Think of it as a mental refresh. New patterns will emerge, and you may be able to find a breakthrough.

Tackle the Purple category with extra caution: The Connections team is known to serve up the toughest and most unexpected words for the Purple category. Here are some of the common tropes that you should look out for:

• Homophones (For example: ‘Where’, ‘Wear’, ‘Ware’, and ‘Weir’)
• Words within words (For example: ‘Slip’, ‘Hear’, ‘Keyes’, and ‘Undiagnosed’ could be ‘Words containing parts of the face’)
• Words minus a letter (For example: ‘Anther’, ‘Easel’, ‘Hark’, and ‘Lama’ could be ‘Animals minus starting letter’)
• Words preceded or followed by another word (For example: ‘Face’, ‘Sports’, ‘Note’, and ‘Year’ could be ‘____ Book’)

Here’s your grid for today

• STAGE
• PAGE
• FASHION
• FILM
• METHOD
• SKIN
• CHARACTER
• WINGS
• PIT
• CRUST
• WORD
• WAY
• LINE
• CATWALK
• SCUM
• MANNER

Hints for NYT Connections (#1,095) June 10, 2026

Let’s get you started with some general, spoiler-free hints.

• 🟡Yellow Group: An approach to doing something.
• 🟢Green Group: Slimy.
• 🔵Blue Group: Things you’d notice when you go to see a play.
• 🟣Purple Group: The ticker at the bottom of an MS Word window counts these.

One Word Per Category (Contains Spoilers)

Can’t seem to find an in? We’ll give you one word from each category.

• 🟡Yellow Group: Fashion.
• 🟢Green Group: Crust.
• 🔵Blue Group: Catwalk.
• 🟣Purple Group: Character.

List of Themes (Major Spoilers)

Maybe getting to know the common themes among the words will help you spot them faster. Here are all the categories for today.

• 🟡Yellow Group: Technique.
• 🟢Green Group: Gross Things That Form On Wet Surfaces.
• 🔵Blue Group: Parts Of A Theater.
• 🟣Purple Group: Counted In Document Word Counts.

Answers to NYT Connections (#1,095) Today (June 10, 2026)

Close to waving the white flag? Fine, we’ll give you the answers.

• 🟡Yellow Group: Fashion, Manner, Method, Way. (Technique)

If you got tripped up by the words related to stage and film, you would’ve had a hard time arriving at this answer. ‘Fashion’ was a misdirect as it is loosely related to ‘Stage’ and ‘Catwalk’.

• 🟢Green Group: Crust, Film, Scum, Skin. (Gross Things That Form On Wet Surfaces)

The glamour-related misdirect continued into the Green category, as ‘Film’ seemed a bit too close to ‘Character’ and ‘Stage’.

• 🔵Blue Group: Catwalk, Pit, Stage, Wings. (Parts Of A Theater)

In our opinion, this was the easiest group in today’s puzzle. ‘Stage’, ‘Catwalk’, and ‘Wings’ fit perfectly right away. 

• 🟣Purple Group: Character, Line, Page, Word. (Counted In Document Word Counts)

You can see the counter for these entities at the bottom of a Word document.

Answers to yesterday’s puzzle (#1,094, June 9, 2026)

• 🟡Yellow Group: Angel, Babe, Dove, Lamb. (Symbols Of Innocence)
• 🟢Green Group: Password, Secret, Spoiler, Surprise. (Things You’re Not Supposed To Reveal)
• 🔵Blue Group: Asterisk, Degree, Exponent, Trademark. (Things Represented In Superscript)
• 🟣Purple Group: Axe, Bone, Keys, Skins. (Slang For Musical Instruments)

Answers to NYT Connections #1,093 (June 8, 2026)

• 🟡Yellow Group: Delta, Island, Isthmus, Peninsula. (Landforms By Water)
• 🟢Green Group: Coconut, Dome, Melon, Pate. (Slang For Head)
• 🔵Blue Group: Mohawk, Punch, Sea Urchin, Volleyball. (Things That Can Be Spiked)
• 🟣Purple Group: Elephant, Invisible, Omega, Running. (“The ___ Man” Movies)

Answers to NYT Connections #1,092 (June 7, 2026)

• 🟡Yellow Group: Gauzy, Gossamer, Sheer, Thin. (Translucent, As Fabric)
• 🟢Green Group: Express, State, Utter, Voice. (Speak)
• 🔵Blue Group: Gut, Level, Total, Trash. (Demolish)
• 🟣Purple Group: Core, Pop, Step, Wave. (Music Genre Suffixes)

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How did other solvers do today?

NYT’s early testers rated today’s Connection puzzle 1.5 out of 5. This puts it in the easy difficulty level. Let us know how you fared in the comments!