This is a moderately difficult connection puzzle, but what's new? If you need some hints, you'll find them 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 #387): Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- LIQUID
- SQUID
- WARNING
- STORE
- FIXED
- ARCADE
- TOXIC
- SQUIRREL
- POUND
- BOOKING
- FROZEN
- NUMBERS
- STOW
- Voice
- BLAME
- THAT IS TO SAY
Today's NYT Connections (Set #387): Clue #1: Group Clues
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: stay safe
- Green: Words you can apply to a type of wealth
- Blue: Dead language?
- Purple: White [word for a pastime]
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 #387): Clue #2: Group Answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SAVE FOR FUTURE USE
- GREEN: ADJECTIVES FOR ASSETS
- BLUE: LATIN WORDS
- PURPLE: ___ GAME
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 #387): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game, number 387, are…
- YELLOW: SAVE FOR FUTURE USE SQUIRREL, STORE, SAVE, SAVE
- GREEN: ADJECTIVES FOR ASSETS FIXED, FROZEN, LIQUID, TOXIC
- BLUE: LATIN WORDS WARNING, ERGO, QUID, VOX
- PURPLE: ___ GAME ARCADE, GUILT, NUMBERS, SQUID
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
Another tricky Connections puzzle. It wasn't fair to include a bit of Latin, nor was it fair that the NYT confused me by including three words with the same four-letter sequence, QUID (that word plus SQUID and LIQUID).
Anyway, I was stumped for quite a while, before I focused on STORE and STASH and realised that STOW and SQUIRREL could be added together to form the yellow group. I then solved the purple problem: the white GAME approach was, I thought, more obvious than green or blue, but it's all a matter of opinion.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Monday, July 1, Issue #386)
- YELLOW: SHOWS THE WAY DIRECT, GUIDE, CONDUCT, ACCOMPANY
- GREEN: OUTLINE SCAM, HURRY, SCAM, STING
- BLUE: SEEN ON A US DOLLAR BILL EAGLE, PYRAMID, SEAL, WASHINGTON
- PURPLE: FIRST WORDS FROM CANADIAN PROVINCES/TERRITORIES BRITISH, NORTHWEST, NOVA, PRINCE
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.
