What is the NYT Connections answer for June 18 (#1103)?

The four groups are FITNESS CLASS TYPES (AEROBICS, BARRE, BOOTCAMP, PILATES); DEMEANOR (ATTITUDE, BEARING, CARRIAGE, PRESENCE); PEACE ACTIVISTS (GANDHI, KING, MANDELA, TUTU); TOOLS MINUS LAST TWO LETTERS (HAMM, JIGS, PLIE, WREN).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "TOOLS MINUS LAST TWO LETTERS" — 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.

Thursday, June 18, 2026#1103

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Thursday, June 18

DailyWordHints Editorial June 18

FITNESS CLASS TYPES

Easiest

DEMEANOR

Easy

PEACE ACTIVISTS

Tricky

TOOLS MINUS LAST TWO LETTERS

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are FITNESS CLASS TYPES (yellow), DEMEANOR (green), PEACE ACTIVISTS (blue), TOOLS MINUS LAST TWO LETTERS (purple).

WREN

CARRIAGE

KING

PLIE

BARRE

BEARING

TUTU

ATTITUDE

MANDELA

PRESENCE

HAMM

BOOTCAMP

PILATES

JIGS

GANDHI

AEROBICS

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 #1103, Thursday, June 18. 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 18 (#1103)?: The four groups are FITNESS CLASS TYPES (AEROBICS, BARRE, BOOTCAMP, PILATES); DEMEANOR (ATTITUDE, BEARING, CARRIAGE, PRESENCE); PEACE ACTIVISTS (GANDHI, KING, MANDELA, TUTU); TOOLS MINUS LAST TWO LETTERS (HAMM, JIGS, PLIE, WREN).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "TOOLS MINUS LAST TWO LETTERS" — 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.