What is the NYT Connections answer for June 22 (#1107)?

The four groups are DOMINANT (ALPHA, HEAD, LEAD, PRIMARY); MULTIPLICATION INDICATORS (BY, TIMES, X, ●); PRONUNCIATION DESCRIPTORS (SHORT, SILENT, SOFT, STRESSED); STARTING WITH EXPLOSIVE ONOMATOPOEIA (BANGKOK, BOOMER, POPSICLE, POWDER).

Which Connections group is hardest today?

The purple group — "STARTING WITH EXPLOSIVE ONOMATOPOEIA" — 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 22, 2026#1107

NYT Connections Hints & Answer — Monday, June 22

DailyWordHints Editorial June 22

DOMINANT

Easiest

MULTIPLICATION INDICATORS

Easy

PRONUNCIATION DESCRIPTORS

Tricky

STARTING WITH EXPLOSIVE ONOMATOPOEIA

Hardest

Today's NYT Connections groups are DOMINANT (yellow), MULTIPLICATION INDICATORS (green), PRONUNCIATION DESCRIPTORS (blue), STARTING WITH EXPLOSIVE ONOMATOPOEIA (purple).

STRESSED

BOOMER

POWDER

HEAD

ALPHA

SOFT

LEAD

TIMES

PRIMARY

SILENT

●

SHORT

POPSICLE

BANGKOK

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 #1107, Monday, June 22. 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 22 (#1107)?: The four groups are DOMINANT (ALPHA, HEAD, LEAD, PRIMARY); MULTIPLICATION INDICATORS (BY, TIMES, X, ●); PRONUNCIATION DESCRIPTORS (SHORT, SILENT, SOFT, STRESSED); STARTING WITH EXPLOSIVE ONOMATOPOEIA (BANGKOK, BOOMER, POPSICLE, POWDER).
Which Connections group is hardest today?: The purple group — "STARTING WITH EXPLOSIVE ONOMATOPOEIA" — 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.