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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, June 30 (game #1115).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 #1116) - today's words(Image credit: New York Times)Today's NYT Connections words are… CHICAGOLONG ISLANDNIGERIACOLOGNEINDIANAPOLISMUNICHLIMERICKSINGAPORECASABLANCACUBADOMINICAN REPUBLICCHAMPAGNEGUINEA-BISSAUCHINAFARGOMOSCOWNYT Connections today (game #1116) - hint #1 - group hintsWhat are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: Product placementGREEN: Cinematic classicsBLUE: Drink upPURPLE: Hidden in plain sightNeed 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 #1116) - hint #2 - group answersWhat are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?YELLOW: THINGS NAMED AFTER PLACESGREEN: BEST PICTURE WINNERS/NOMINEESBLUE: PLACES IN COCKTAIL NAMESPURPLE: STARTING WITH COUNTRIESRight, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.NYT Connections today (game #1116) - the answers(Image credit: New York Times)The answers to today's Connections, game #1116, are…YELLOW: THINGS NAMED AFTER PLACES CHAMPAGNE, CHINA, COLOGNE, LIMERICKGREEN: BEST PICTURE WINNERS/NOMINEES CASABLANCA, CHICAGO, FARGO, MUNICHBLUE: PLACES IN COCKTAIL NAMES CUBA, LONG ISLAND, MOSCOW, SINGAPOREPURPLE: STARTING WITH COUNTRIES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, GUINEA-BISSAU, INDIANAPOLIS, NIGERIAMy rating: HardMy score: 1 mistakeMy mistake came by including MOSCOW instead of LIMERICK in the list of THINGS NAMED AFTER PLACE.At the time, I was thinking the Russian capital should be in the list because of the MOSCOW Mule but after getting one away I realized that there were three other PLACES IN COCKTAIL NAMES.This was all after getting the four movie titles — I knew all four were classics but didn’t think they were all BEST PICTURE WINNERS/NOMINEES. From the list I thought FARGO was a winner but it lost out to The English Patient in 1997.Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, June 30, game #1115)YELLOW: DIVIDING STRUCTURES FENCE, GATE, HEDGE, WALLGREEN: PARTICIPATE IN SOME WINTER OLYMPICS CURL, LUGE, SKATE, SKIBLUE: COMMON RECYCLABLES BOTTLE, BOX, CAN, NEWSPAPERPURPLE: WHAT "DRAFT" MIGHT REFER TO BREEZE, ON TAP, RECRUIT, SKETCHWhat 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.