Happy birthday, Connections! Today is game 366, and since it's a leap year, it means it's the 12-month anniversary of the start of Connections. And the NYT has celebrated by giving us a really difficult one; You definitely might want some tips to help you.
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 #366): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- HELLO
- BYE
- TRI
- BI
- TRAP
- AB
- POP
- OFF
- FOLD
- MEDICINE
- BUY
- YARD
- IT
- emo
- PEC
- BY
NYT Connections Today (Game #366) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Sounds familiar
- Green: Total flexibility
- Blue: What do you hear?
- Purple: mark it
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 #366) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HOMOPHONES
- GREEN: MUSCLES, INFORMALLY
- BLUE: MUSICAL GENRES
- PURPLE: ADJUSTMENTS IN THE REMOTE OF A DEVICE
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #366): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #366 are…
- YELLOW: HOMOPHONES BI, BUY, BY, BYE
- GREEN: MUSCLES, INFORMALLY AB, PEC, QUADRUPLE, TRI
- BLUE: MUSICAL GENRES DUB, EMO, POP, TRAP
- PURPLE: ADJUSTMENTS IN THE REMOTE OF A DEVICE HIGH, LOW, MEDIUM, OFF
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Two mistakes
Well this was hard! In fact, it's possibly the hardest Connections puzzle I've played in weeks. I eventually solved it, with two errors, but it took me about an hour to find all the answers, split into several shorter sessions that consisted mostly of me staring at the board in bewilderment.
The problem is immediately obvious. Five of the words have only two letters, nine have three, and two have four. And almost all of them could be prefixes. If you're like me, you've obsessed over it for years, thinking of various words that could follow different answers. Could BI and TRI go with CYCLE? And what would be the other two? Are some of them parts of words? For example, LO and EMO could be followed by TION to form LOTION and EMOTION. But then again, there are only two.
It was only when I sought a different type of connection that I progressed. BI, BUY, BY and BYE obviously sound exactly the same. Obviously! How did I miss that? And then I realized that DUB, POP, EMO and TRAP are all musical styles and then I solved the blue. I was getting there. And then I stalled again.
With only two sets to find, I could see that muscles were a likely group, but I only knew three: QUAD, PEC, and AB. I tried MED, then HI, failed twice, then went for TRI and got it. That also gave me purple and I solved this difficult Connections puzzle with two errors.
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Connections (Monday, June 10, game #365)
- YELLOW: CORE CRUX, ESSENCE, HEART, SUBSTANCE
- GREEN: COMPLICATED BAROQUE, COMPLEX, ELABORATE, INVOLVED
- BLUE: SYMBOLS USED TO MAKE LISTS ARROW, BULLET, CHECK BOX, DASH
- PURPLE: WHAT “CROSS” COULD MEAN ANGRY, BETRAYOR, CRUCIFIX, HYBRID
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.
