And so the weekend ends with a really difficult connection puzzle. Or not? Well, I had a hard time, but maybe not you. If so, here are some hints for you.
What should you do once you're done? Well, play more word games, of course. I also have daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers, and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help too.
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 (Set #385): Words of the Day
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- ASH
- ELECTRIC
- MOUNTAIN RANGE
- JET
- GAS
- CHESTNUT
- FILTER
- GUM
- EBONY
- MAXIMUM
- WOOD
- HEATER
- BOMB
- CHERRY
- COAL
- ADAGE
Today's NYT Connections (Set #385): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: A saying from the past
- Green: Light the barbecue
- Blue: Types of wood
- Purple: There are no bubbles without these
Do you need more clues?
We're in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today's NYT Connections riddles…
Today's NYT Connections (Game #385): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: OLD SAYING
- GREEN: FUEL SOURCES FOR THE GRILL
- BLUE: TREES
- PURPLE: JACUZZI COMPONENTS
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE PAGE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
Today's NYT Connections (Game #385): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #385 are…
- YELLOW: OLD SAYING ADAGE, CASTAÑO, MAXIM, SIERRA
- GREEN: FUEL SOURCES FOR THE GRILL COAL, ELECTRIC, GAS, FIREWOOD
- BLUE: TREES ASH, CHERRY, EBONY, RUBBER
- PURPLE: JACUZZI COMPONENTS FILTER, HEATER, JET, PUMP
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 mistakes
Wow! This was a difficult problem. Really difficult. I made three mistakes solving it, and frankly, it was a lot harder than the ones I made last week. The problem here (at least for me) was that many of the possible answers could have gone together. That's always (or often) a factor in Connections, of course, but today the problem was particularly pronounced.
For example, first I guessed the trees, putting together CHERRY, ASH, CHESTNUT and RUBBER. Not dice. So I tried heat sources, with WOOD, ELECTRIC, GAS and HEATER. But he is wrong again. And then I thought maybe there was something about the hair color: BROWN, EBONY, ASH, CHERRY. But that was also wrong.
After many minutes of deliberation, I gathered the “Hot Tub Components” group together and solved what was supposedly the most difficult of the four. I then looked at the fuel-related answers and deduced that coal was the one that ended that group.
Next I focused on ADAGE and MAXIM, which I saw needed to go together and didn't fit so easily elsewhere. I thought maybe SAW could be connected, then realized that “old chestnut” also fit and solved the yellow group. And that left the blue tree group for me to solve by default; the missing answer before had been EBONY, which I knew was a type of wood, so I don't know why I didn't think of it at the time.
How did your day go? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Saturday, June 29, Game #384)
- BLUE: PLACED BELOW PLACED, PUT, PUT, SAT
- GREEN: CONNECT COUPLE, TIE, JOIN, MARRY
- YELLOW: HOMOPHONES FOR, TOO MUCH, SEA, TWO
- PURPLE FLOWER MAY, SUN, WALL, WILD
What are NYT connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four elements that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically have to solve the final question, as you'll be able to answer it through a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a bit of breathing room.
However, it's a bit more complex than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to cheat you with cheats. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free through the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
