Today's NYT Connections puzzle is another tough one. How difficult? Well, you'll have to play it to find out. But if you get stuck along the way, take advantage of my helpful 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 #360): Today's Words
Today's words from NYT Connections are…
- NICE
- RING
- STYLE
- SPOT
- GENTLE
- STICK
- TENDER
- MESSAGE
- SWEET
- GUY
- DRIFT
- SICK
- SORT OUT
- TO THE
- COOL
- IDEA
NYT Connections Today (Game #360) – Clue #1 – Group Hints
What are some leads for current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: that's great
- Green: Different things
- Blue: You understand what I'm saying, right?
- Purple: Early on a menu
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 #360) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: “AWESOME!”
- GREEN: VARIETY
- BLUE: ESSENCE
- PURPLE: FRIED APPETIZER, INFORMALLY
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #360): The Answers
The answers to today's Connections game #360 are…
- 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
- My rating: Difficult
- My score: Perfect
How much time do you spend on Connections? Some days I finish in about 10 minutes, maybe even five if it's easy. But 20-30 is not uncommon, and today I was at the upper end of that range.
The yellow wasn't so bad; I saw COOL and SICK, then added NICE and SWEET to make “AWESOME!” group and show how depressed I am with the kids. Or rather, how down the NYT is on kids, because I don't think my teenage daughters would use any of those words that way. Then again, the words they would use can't be printed in a familiar publication like TechRadar.
After that, it was hard to move on. I found several possible pairs, but couldn't see any that had three words, much less four. However, I kept coming back to KIND and TYPE, and finally decided to try adding STYLE and ORT more on a hunch than any real certainty. He was right, but there was a lot of guesswork involved. And then my game stopped completely. I went away and did something else for a while, came back and was stumped again, then finally decided that DRIFT and IDEA might be related, and added a couple more to resolve the blue. But the purple one… well, even after seeing the answer, I don't really understand what a group is like. Although, again, there could be cultural differences at play here. ALA I understand, but what is STICK referring to? What is a TENDER? I am not lost…
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Connections (Tuesday, June 4, Game #359)
- 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
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.
