Connections is a very complicated game, in which you can only make four mistakes or suffer the indignity of one failure. If you find yourself on the brink of disaster, you may want to read on for my tips.
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 #359): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- STAFF
- HAT
- DO
- BRIDGE
- HATCH
- NET
- TUNICA
- SPAN
- CLEAR
- KEEL
- CLUE
- SECTION
- SUITE ROOM
- BEARD
- DECK
- GAIN
NYT Connections Today (Game #359) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: payment package
- Green: Gandalf's wardrobe
- Blue: ship shape
- Purple: Third letter
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 #359) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: TAKE HOME, AS INCOME
- GREEN: PARTS OF A WIZARD COSTUME
- BLUE: FOUND ON A BOAT
- PURPLE: C-___
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #359): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #359 are…
- YELLOW: TAKE HOME, AS INCOME DELETE, WIN, MAKE, NET
- GREEN: PARTS OF A WIZARD COSTUME BEARD, HAT, GOWN, CANE
- BLUE: FOUND ON A BOAT BRIDGE, DECK, HATCH, KEEL
- PURPLE: C-___ KEY, SECTION, SECTION, SUITE
- My rating: Easy
- My score: A mistake
I marked this as easy even though I didn't get a perfect score, because I really have no one to blame but myself.
I started solving the yellow and green groups without too many problems. As always, I pondered a couple of possible directions for the first one: maybe BRIDGE and SPAN could go together, which means “overcome a space”, or maybe BRIDGE and CLEF formed some kind of musical group, but after a while I decided that EARN, MAKE, NET and CLEAR should go together and indeed they did. Then I realized that the CANE and TUBE were obvious parts of a wizard costume, and I combined them with BEARD and HAT to create a Gandalf-style green ensemble.
I was pretty sure something resembling a ship was going to form another group, and it had BRIDGE, DECK, and KEEL lined up as three of them. Fourth? Well, I know that sometimes you find a HATCH on a boat, but not always. The same goes for a SUITE, right? At least if it is a cruise ship or a fancy yacht. So I went with the latter and lost a guess. I corrected my mistake immediately afterwards and they let me play with the default purple set, as always. And no, I wouldn't have made it; For starters, I have no idea what C-SPAN or C-SUITE are…
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Connections (Monday, June 3, Game #358)
- YELLOW: REMOVE, LIKE BODY HAIR LASER, DEPLAPAR, THREAD, WAX
- GREEN: SPIN AROUND COIL, SPOOL, WIND, WRAP
- BLUE: THINGS MADE OF CELLS HONEYCOMB, ORGANISM, SOLAR PANEL, SPREADSHEET
- PURPLE: B-___ BALL, FILM, SCHOOL, VITAMIN
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.
