Looking for a different day?A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, June 28 (game #1113).Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.NYT Connections today (game #1114) - today's words(Image credit: New York Times)Today's NYT Connections words are… WOOFERRUFFIANINHALEGROOTEMBARKMAGNETSNARFCONEROGUECRUSHCABINETSTRUNKNUDIBRANCHMISCREANTGUZZLESCOUNDRELNYT Connections today (game #1114) - hint #1 - group hintsWhat are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: Hooligans of yesteryearGREEN: Eat quicklyBLUE: Parts of a device for musical volumePURPLE: Don’t bark up the wrong oneNeed more clues? We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…NYT Connections today (game #1114) - hint #2 - group answersWhat are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: OLD TIMEY TROUBLEMAKERSGREEN: CONSUME WITH GUSTOBLUE: PARTS OF A SPEAKERPURPLE: ENDING IN PARTS OF A TREERight, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.NYT Connections today (game #1114) - the answers(Image credit: New York Times)The answers to today's Connections, game #1114, are…YELLOW: OLD TIMEY TROUBLEMAKERS MISCREANT, ROGUE, RUFFIAN, SCOUNDRELGREEN: CONSUME WITH GUSTO CRUSH, GUZZLE, INHALE, SNARFBLUE: PARTS OF A SPEAKER CABINET, CONE, MAGNET, WOOFERPURPLE: ENDING IN PARTS OF A TREE EMBARK, GROOT, NUDIBRANCH, STRUNKMy rating: HardMy score: 1 mistakeI wasted some time looking at parts of words and convinced myself that there must be some canine-themed collection thanks to WOOFER and EMBARK, but ENDING IN PARTS OF A TREE passed me by.My mistake was a stupid one. I knew that we were threading OLD TIMEY TROUBLEMAKERS, but I included GROOT instead of ROGUE based on some half-remembered slang rather than the Marvel character.Meanwhile, did anyone else experience deja vu from the green group CONSUME WITH GUSTO? I’m sure we have had this quartet before.Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, June 28, game #1113)YELLOW: HIGH-QUALITY CHOICE, FINE, PRIME, SELECTGREEN: SIGNALS TO COMMENCE BEGIN, GO, NOW, STARTBLUE: ACCESSORIES FOR A GUITARIST CAPO, PICK, SLIDE, STRAPPURPLE: THEY HAVE BOARDS CHESS, CORPORATION, DARTS, SURFERWhat is NYT Connections?NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.