The weekend comes to an end with another Connections puzzle. This one is pretty accessible, but that doesn't necessarily make it easy for everyone. If you need help, you'll find some tips 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 #364): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- SALTY
- PEPPER
- BAKED
- CAKE
- SPRINKLE
- ONION
- BITTER
- LAND
- SWEET
- DISPERSION
- COUCH
- UPSET
- HOT
- PLYWOOD
- PAINFUL
- SPREAD
NYT Connections Today (Game #364) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: What are your emotions?
- Green: sprinkled with
- Blue: Strata
- Purple: French fries!
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 #364) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FEEL SOME KIND OF PATH
- GREEN: THROW HERE AND THERE
- BLUE: ___ POTATO
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH LAYERS
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #364): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #364 are…
- YELLOW: FEEL SOME KIND OF PATH BITTER, SALTY, PAIN, ANNOY
- GREEN: THROW HERE AND THERE PEPPER, SCATTER, SPREAD, SHOT
- BLUE: ___ POTATO BAKED, SOFA, HOT, SWEET
- PURPLE: THINGS WITH LAYERS CAKE, EARTH, ONION, PLYWOOD
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
One thing I like about Connections is the way the diabolical puzzle makers at the NYT try to trip you up by throwing red herrings at you. An example: It would be very easy to look at BITTER, SWEET, and SALTY, three of the five basic flavors (along with sour and umami), and assume that they make up three-quarters of a group. But what would be the fourth? Maybe HOT? But no, this is a clever subterfuge by the NYT, because those words are not part of a single group.
Once I decided not to go that route, I thought about SCATTER and SPRINKLE, which can mean something similar. STREW also fits, and although I had been thinking that PEPPER might be part of a food-related group along with ONION or CAKE, I realized that he would fit in there too. One down.
Going back to BITTER and SALTY, PAIN and ANNOYANCE could join together to form the yellow group. The third group, _POTATO, was now obvious and although I didn't know what connection there was to the purple words, I was once again able to work it out by default.
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Connections (Saturday, June 8, Game #363)
- YELLOW: CAPTURE ATTENTION ABSORB, ABSORB, HOLD, RIVET
- GREEN: DOCUMENT WITH VIDEO FILM, RECORDING, SHOOTING, TAPE
- BLUE: ANAGRAMS PASTEL, PETALS, PLEATS, STAPLES
- PURPLE: PRETTY ___ WELL, PENNY, PLEASE WOMAN
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.
