What is the NYT Connections answer for June 8 (#1093)?

The four groups are LANDFORMS BY WATER (DELTA, ISLAND, ISTHMUS, PENINSULA); SLANG FOR HEAD (COCONUT, DOME, MELON, PATE); THINGS THAT CAN BE SPIKED (MOHAWK, PUNCH, SEA URCHIN, VOLLEYBALL); "THE ___ MAN" MOVIES (ELEPHANT, INVISIBLE, OMEGA, RUNNING).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — ""THE ___ MAN" MOVIES" — is the trickiest, as it usually relies on wordplay or a hidden connection rather than a straightforward category.

What do the Connections colors mean?

Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest — often involving wordplay or a hidden twist.

Monday, June 8, 2026#1093

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Monday, June 8

DailyWordHints Editorial June 8

LANDFORMS BY WATER

Easiest

SLANG FOR HEAD

Easy

THINGS THAT CAN BE SPIKED

Tricky

"THE ___ MAN" MOVIES

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are LANDFORMS BY WATER (yellow), SLANG FOR HEAD (green), THINGS THAT CAN BE SPIKED (blue), "THE ___ MAN" MOVIES (purple).

INVISIBLE

MOHAWK

ISLAND

PUNCH

VOLLEYBALL

ELEPHANT

COCONUT

DELTA

PENINSULA

PATE

SEA URCHIN

MELON

OMEGA

ISTHMUS

DOME

RUNNING

Hints by group

yellowEasiest

greenEasy

blueTricky

purpleHardest

Full answers below

Today’s answers

yellowEasiest

greenEasy

blueTricky

purpleHardest

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Today's Connections hints (no answers yet)

Here are spoiler-free nudges for NYT Connections #1093, Monday, June 8. Reveal one color at a time and work from the easiest group (yellow) to the trickiest (purple).

How to use these hints

Each clue is written so it never names any of the sixteen words — it just points you in the right direction. Open the full answer only once you're truly stuck.

Strategy for solving today's grid

Lock in the group you're most confident about first to shrink the board, but resist the obvious four-of-a-kind — the puzzle almost always plants a word that fits two themes. Save the purple group for last; it usually hides the wordplay twist.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for June 8 (#1093)?: The four groups are LANDFORMS BY WATER (DELTA, ISLAND, ISTHMUS, PENINSULA); SLANG FOR HEAD (COCONUT, DOME, MELON, PATE); THINGS THAT CAN BE SPIKED (MOHAWK, PUNCH, SEA URCHIN, VOLLEYBALL); "THE ___ MAN" MOVIES (ELEPHANT, INVISIBLE, OMEGA, RUNNING).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — ""THE ___ MAN" MOVIES" — is the trickiest, as it usually relies on wordplay or a hidden connection rather than a straightforward category.
What do the Connections colors mean?: Yellow is the easiest group, then green, then blue, and purple is the hardest — often involving wordplay or a hidden twist.