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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 360th Connections game to get you started:
How Did We Solve This Connections Game?
June 5th was a pretty easy game.
The first word I locked on to was wing, and my brain instantly went to chicken wings. With bar food in mind, (chicken) tender, (onion) ring, and (mozzarella) stick all fell into place very quickly. Purple was “Friend Appetizer, Informally.”
Next, I looked at cool. Cool can describe temperature, but it is also commonly used to describe something that is good or desirable. Nice, sick, and sweet are also words that are vaguely related, and they seemed too closely related for that to be a coincidence. The Yellow group was “Awesome!”
Kind, sort, style, and type jumped out as synonyms for “Variety,” so I just went for it. Green was literally just “Variety.”
That left drift, idea, message, and point, all of which can mean “general concept” or something similar. The Blue group was “Gist.”
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.
