New York Times releases daily solutions for Strands, Connections, Mini, Quordle and Pips games

The New York Times provided answer guides and hints for several of its daily online puzzles. For the Strands word‑search game on June 14, the theme was "peer group" with the spangram NOBILITY and words such as Duchess, Lady, Marquess, Viscount, Lord, Earl and Baron. Connections puzzle #1098 (June 13) was solved with groups – tea‑service items, end‑uring songs, movie‑practical‑effects tools, and words that precede “story”. A separate Connections Sports Edition (June 13) grouped balls, Big Ten school initials, “big” baseball nicknames and abbreviated NBA team names. The Mini Crossword for June 15 featured answers PUT, PUTT, PUTTY, CARTEL, ANGER, BEER and related down clues. Quordle solutions were posted for June 14 (game #1602) – WIMPY, WISPY, VIRAL, NYLON – and for June 15, including the Chill mode words RELAX, DIVER, WHISK, GRACE. Finally, the Pips logic‑puzzle for June 14 included complete answers for its easy, medium and hard boards. All articles were published in June 2026 across various outlets.