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Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered.
What Is Connections?
Connections is a game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4. Each group of words will be connected by some common idea or theme. That common element could be anything. We have seen everything from games that rely on the number of letters in the words to categories that require you to spot an extra letter at the end of the word. Sometimes they’re references to economics, other times they reference fairy tales. There is no telling what sort of association there will be between words.
Once you’re confident you understand the connection, select 4 words, then hit “Submit.” You have only four attempts in total, so don’t be too guess-happy.
Hints for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are a few hints for the 369th Connections game to get you started:
How Did We Solve This Connections Game?
June 14th didn’t have any super weird twists.
The first word I looked at wasfoxtrot. It isn’t a common term, but is mostly commonly heard as part of the alphabet used by NATO. With that in mind,hotel,victor, andyankee were easy to tack on. Blue was “NATO Phonetic Alphabet.”
Article, essay, paper, and report are all things you write, so they seemed likely to fit together. The Yellow group was “Writing Assignments.”
I initially struggled looking at the remaining words until I visualized bubblegum and an eraser. They’re both pink! That connection—color—made it easy to pick out carnation and flamingo as the final words in the Green group.
That left deputy, Derek Jeter, pencil, and silver medal. I really had no idea what the link was here. Pencils and Derek Jeter? Deputies winning awards? As it turned out, Purple was “Associated with #2.” Suddenly I’m thrown back to my school days, when we were adamantly warned by teachers that using a non-#2 pencil would result in my test not being graded.
How Do You Guess Connections Groups?
There is no quick, reliable way to approach Connections like there is with Wordle, since Connections isn’t algorithmic. However, there are a few things to keep in mind that can help.
If you didn’t solve this one, don’t feel too bad—there’s always tomorrow! And those words may align with a topic you’re interested in, giving you a leg up on the competition.
