This is arguably the easiest Connections game of the past week, but “easy” is relative. If you need hints, you’ll find some below.
What should you do once you're done? Play more word games, of course. I also have articles with daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers, and Quordle hints and answers if you need help with those topics as well.
SPOILER WARNING: Below you'll find information about today's NYT Connections, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Set #389): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- FIREWORKS
- FREEDOM
- COOKIES
- DINNER
- HISTORY
- CHEMISTRY
- REVOLUTION
- GYPSY
- DATA
- BAR
- SPARKS
- LAP
- CYCLE
- CACHE
- FOLD
- ATTRACTION
Today's NYT Connections (Set #389): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: In love
- Green: Online storage
- Blue: Walk
- Purple: Before something sounds
Need more clues?
We're now in spoiler territory, but read on if you want to know what the four themed answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
Today's NYT Connections (Game #389): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP
- GREEN: THINGS STORED BY A WEB BROWSER
- BLUE: SINGLE ROTATION
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “BELL”
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE PAGE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
Today's NYT Connections (Set #389): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 389, are…
- GREEN: THINGS STORED BY A WEB BROWSER CACHE, COOKIES, DATA, HISTORY
- BLUE: SINGLE ROTATION CYCLE, TURN, REVOLUTION, SPIN
- YELLOW: ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP ATTRACTION, CHEMISTRY, FIREWORKS, SPARKS
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “BELL” BAR, DINNER, FREEDOM, TINKER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
This is the easiest connection puzzle of the last few days. Yes, the purple group of words before the bell can be tricky, but the other three are so easy that I doubt many people will need to solve them.
I started with the green group, “Things stored by a web browser,” and was immediately struck by the combination of COOKIES and CACHE. As a website publisher, it would be quite worrying if I didn't know what these were!
Obviously, CYCLE, TURN, REVOLUTION and SPIN went together. That was the blue group, but it was a lot easier than they usually are. And that left yellow and purple. Inevitably, yellow was the one I found…
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, July 3, Issue #388)
- YELLOW: DEVELOP, LIKE IDEAS BRAINSTORMING, IDEAS, SPIRIT BALLS, WORKSHOP
- GREEN: TANGIBLE CONCRETE, MATERIAL, REAL, SOLID
- BLUE: TYPES OF CAKE BIRTHDAY, CRUMBLE, MARBLE, LIBRA
- PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN THROW, IN METAPHORS CURVE BALL, PARTY, TANTRUMS, WRENCH
What is 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 items that have something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a little harder, blue is usually quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
The plus side is that you don't technically need to solve the last one, as you'll be able to answer it by process of elimination. Plus, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a bit of wiggle room.
However, it is a bit more complex than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trick you with tricks. For example, beware of homophones and other wordplay that could disguise the answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
