This may be the easiest Connections puzzle for a few days, but that doesn't make it entirely easy, as you'll see when you play it. There are suggestions below if you need them.
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 (Set #380): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- A STRANGER
- FORMULA
- DOOR KNOB
- KNIFE
- TALK
- FORK
- RECIPE
- DISH
- BUN
- PART
- SAY
- SECRET
- SPLIT
- TICKET
- BRANCH
- TO SPILL
NYT Connections Today (Game #380) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Sharing secrets
- Green: Share between
- Blue: Seen but not heard
- Purple: how they won
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 #380) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DISCLOSE, AS PRIVATE INFORMATION
- GREEN: DIVIDE
- BLUE: SILENT “K”
- PURPLE: KEY TO SUCCESS, SAY
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #380): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #380 are…
- YELLOW: DISCLOSE, AS PRIVATE INFORMATION PLATE, SPILL, SPEAK, COUNT
- GREEN: DIVIDE BRANCH, FORK, PIECE, PART
- BLUE: SILENT “K” DOOR KNOB, KNIFE, BOW, UNKNOWN
- PURPLE: KEY TO SUCCESS, SAY FORMULA, RECIPE, SECRET, TICKET
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I've marked this Connections puzzle as easy, but it's all relative. Connections are never easy like Wordle can be, for example, some days. After all, there's really no element of luck as there is: you always need to use your brain.
As is often the case, I had to stare at the board for about five minutes before I had any idea what to play. When I discovered something, it was invariably a dead end with only two possible connections, for example SECRET and UNKNOWN or DISH and RECIPE.
Finally, I realized that BRANCH, SPLIT and FORK could all go together, which finally gave me three for a group, then I added PART to make the green 'Divide' set. DISH, SPELL, TALK, and TELL fell into place soon after, leaving (you guessed it) the two most difficult groups.
It didn't actually take me long to solve them, this time, with the many K's standing out shortly after and giving me blue, followed by the default purple, which I think I would have gotten anyway (but we'll never know). …)
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Connections (Monday, June 24, game #379)
- GREEN: RESTAURANT COURSES DESSERT, MAIN, SIDE, ENTRANCE
- YELLOW: PAIN TO THE TOUCH DELICATE, RAW, SENSITIVE, TENDER
- BLUE: ANIMAL HOMOPHONES NUDE, DEAR, MOUSSE, NEW
- RED PURPLE ___ CARPET, DELICIOUS, MEAT, RIBBON
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.
