Connections is the kind of game that can trip you up if you're not paying attention, as I discovered today. Don't let that happen to you, take advantage of my helpful tips.
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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 #370): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- ONLY
- FLOWER
- FLOAT
- BOUNCE
- THREE
- BODY
- PROBLEM
- POSTER
- RAISE
- SOAK
- ONLY
- SKATE
- PERCH
- VOLUME
- Tray
- PIKE
NYT Connections Today (Game #370) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: court crafts
- Green: water dwellers
- Blue: Shared by shiny locks
- Purple: _young person
Do you need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the answers are to the four topics for today's NYT Connections riddles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #370) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BASKETBALL SHOTS
- GREEN: FISH
- BLUE: QUALITIES OF THICK HAIR
- PURPLE: ___ BOY
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #370): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #370 are…
- YELLOW: BASKETBALL SHOTS NAIL, FLOAT, LATERIA, THREE
- GREEN: FISH PERCH, PIKE, SKATER, SINGLE
- BLUE: QUALITIES OF THICK HAIR BODY, REBOUND, LIFT, VOLUME
- PURPLE: ___ BOY FLOWER, SINGLE, POSTER, PROBLEM
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Two mistakes
I was a little sloppy in my game today, guessing incorrectly a couple of times before pulling myself together and crossing them all off one by one.
The first group I saw was BASKETBALL (yellow), because of DUNK and LAYUP. But I'm not a big basketball fan, and I initially tried those two with BOUNCE and LIFT (thinking they were just “things associated with basketball”, rather than shots specifically, then I wondered if they were related to volleyball and changed them to PIKE.
With two errors I looked elsewhere and identified the group FISH, green. Then I looked at _CHILD, which was much easier than purple would suggest. Returning to basketball now that the options were narrowed this time yielded the answers: FLOAT and THREE were the two missing. And for once I was able to solve the final group before playing it, correctly identifying that it was related to hair qualities.
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Connections (Friday, June 14, Game #369)
- YELLOW: WRITING TASKS ARTICLE, ESSAY, WORK, REPORT
- GREEN: THINGS THAT ARE PINK GUM, CARNATION, ERASER, FLAMENCO
- BLUE: NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET FOXTROT, HOTEL, VICTOR, YANKEE
- PURPLE: ASSOCIATED WITH #2 ATTACHED, DEREK JETER, PENCIL, SILVER MEDAL
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 need to solve the final question since 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 little breathing room.
However, it's a little more complicated than something like Wordle and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, be careful with homophones and other puns that could disguise answers.
It can be played for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile devices.
