Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for June 26, #1111 The New York Times Connections puzzle for June 26, #1111, features categories including crunchy snack items, various amounts of wood, areas of low ground, and colors plus a letter. The puzzle's purple category is described as super-tricky, requiring players to manipulate letters of a word. The Times also offers a Connections Bot that analyzes player answers and provides scores. Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints https://www.cnet.com/feature/daily-puzzle-answers/ , as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today's NYT Connections puzzle https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections features a super-tricky purple category, where you'll need to play with the letters of a word. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers. The Times has a Connections Bot https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/connections-bot-brings-ai-to-the-new-york-times-games-section/ , like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress https://www.nytco.com/press/introducing-connections-stats-and-streaks/ , including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak. Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/nyt-connections-seven-hints-tricks-and-tips-for-winning-every-game/ Hints for today's Connections groups Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough and sometimes bizarre purple group. Yellow group hint : Yum Green group hint : Think trees. Blue group hint : Not high up. Purple group hint : Rainbow elements, but with a twist. Answers for today's Connections groups Yellow group : Crunchy snack item. Green group : Various amounts of wood. Blue group : Areas of low ground. Purple group : Colors plus a letter. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words https://www.cnet.com/tech/wordle-player-cheat-sheet-here-are-the-most-popular-letters-used-in-the-english-language/ What are today's Connections answers? The yellow words in today's Connections The theme is crunchy snack item. The four answers are chip, cracker, nut and pretzel. The green words in today's Connections The theme is various amounts of wood. The four answers are board, log, splinter and tree. The blue words in today's Connections The theme is areas of low ground. The four answers are dale, dell, gorge and hollow. The purple words in today's Connections The theme is colors plus a letter. The four answers are bronzer, pinky, redo and tang. Toughest Connections puzzles We've made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/nyt-connections-turns-one-these-are-the-5-toughest-puzzles-so-far/ link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/nyt-connections-turns-one-these-are-the-5-toughest-puzzles-so-far/ so far. Maybe they'll help you see patterns in future puzzles. 5: Included "things you can set," such as mood, record, table and volleyball. 4: Included "one in a dozen," such as egg, juror, month and rose. 3: Included "streets on screen," such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame. 2: Included "power " such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip. 1: Included "things that can run," such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.