Here's your NYT Sunday Connections puzzle. It's hard, as always, but not as hard as some, and I have suggestions if you need them below.
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 (Game #378): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- DON'T WORRY
- MAGIC
- COLD
- SIN
- BUG
- BREACH
- EASY
- ENOUGH
- SING
- WINDY
- DIVING
- ENGINE
- CHILL OUT
- COUGH
- GUTTER
- COOL
NYT Connections Today (Game #378) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Take it easy
- Green: feel itchy
- Blue: Moby Dick style pranks
- Purple: The Big Apple, but not that one
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 #378) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “CALM DOWN!”
- GREEN: MINOR DISEASES
- BLUE: WHAT HUMPBACK WHALES DO
- PURPLE: ___ CITY NICKNAMES
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #378): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #378 are…
- YELLOW: “CALM DOWN!” EASY, ENOUGH, QUIET, RELAX
- GREEN: MINOR DISEASES INSECT, COLD, COLD, COUGH
- BLUE: WHAT HUMPBACK WHALES DO NON-COMPLIANCE, DIVING, SINGING, SPOUT
- PURPLE: ___ CITY NICKNAMES MAGIC, ENGINE, SIN, WIND
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
This is a relatively simple selection of words from Connections today. I might have questions about whether yellow is easier than green (I solved the latter first), and I hadn't heard of MAGIC CITY, but that was it for complexity.
First I solve the green group of 'minor ailments', identifying that COLD, COUGH, BUG and COLD go well together and without letting myself be sidetracked by COLD and WIND or any other red herrings. Yellow followed shortly after, before the traditional break for the last two groups.
After a while I realized that SIN, WINDY and MOTOR could be followed by CITY, but I didn't have my room. However, MAGIC CITY seemed like it should exist, and in fact it did (it's Miami, for those of you who, like me, are not from the United States). I wouldn't have gotten the group of blue 'whales' any other way than the default, but once those four were down, I spotted the connection there too.
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Connections (Saturday, June 22, Game #377)
- YELLOW: ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER CHAIN, SERIES, ROPE, TRAIN
- GREEN: TYPES OF GOLF CLUBS DRIVER, IRON, WEDGE, WOOD
- BLUE: HORROR FILMS, WITH “THE” BIRDS, FOG, Omen, RING
- PURPLE: WORDS FOR SAUSAGE BRAT, DOG, FRANK, LINK
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.
