I can't determine if Thursday's Connections puzzle is difficult or not. I found it pretty easy, but I also solved it half by accident, so who knows… If you get stuck, you can scroll down to see my suggestions. If you don't, you'll also find my comment 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 #361): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- MARBLE
- BASEBALL
- DRIVE
- WILD
- COUNTER
- PUSH
- GYM
- PARK
- IMMEDIATE
- PEA
- DRAW
- DUGOUT
- HOP
- BOOST
- GRAPEFRUIT
- JUSTICE ROOM
NYT Connections Today (Game #361) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: dare to do
- Green: From a popular family game.
- Blue: Look at the shapes
- Purple: you could sit here
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 #361) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TAKE ACTION
- GREEN: UNO CARDS
- BLUE: HAIL SIZE COMPARISONS
- PURPLE: PLACES WITH BANKS
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #361): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #361 are…
- YELLOW: TAKE ACTION DRIVE, INDICATE, PUSH, PUSH
- GREEN: UNO CARDS DRAW, INVEST, JUMP, WILD
- BLUE: HAIL SIZE COMPARISONS BASEBALL, GRAPEFRUIT, MARBLE, PEAS
- PURPLE: PLACES WITH BANKS COURT ROOM, DUGOUT, GYM, PARK
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
This was strange. Somehow I solved the blue before the yellow and the purple before the green. In fact, I didn't really solve the green at all; I got it by default, but I didn't know what the answer was. In fact, I didn't know what the response was to any of them other than the yellow MOVE TO ACTION message.
Let's start from the beginning. I quickly realized, as I'm sure many people did, that BASEBALL, PEAS, GRAPEFRUIT and MARBLE are everywhere. It never occurred to me that the connection was HAIL SIZE COMPARISONS, but it was a pretty obvious link between them anyway, so I played it and played it well.
Next, I resolved the yellow MOVE TO ACTION group, which was the only one where I knew why it was a group. That left two more. THE COURT, THE DUGOUT, THE GYM, and THE PARK were all places, so it seemed like they might as well be connected, although again I didn't know why. But I played it anyway and got the right purple. And ironically, I had no idea about green, because I had never played Uno. Like I said, it was kind of strange…
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Yesterday's NYT Connections Answers (Wednesday, June 5, Game #360)
- YELLOW: “AWESOME!” COOL, NICE, SICK, SWEET
- GREEN: VARIETY TYPE, CLASS, STYLE, TYPE
- BLUE: ESSENCE DRIFT, IDEA, MESSAGE, POINT
- PURPLE: FRIED APPETIZER, INFORMALLY RING, STICK, TENDER, WING
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 items 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.
