NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Monday, June 10 (game #365) (2024)

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Your first Connections puzzle of the week is on the slightly easier side of things, but I would never call this game downright easy. A few hints might well help you on your way, so read down for my suggestions.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

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Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a daily today's Wordle answer column and a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position. He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously.

NYT Connections today (game #365) - today's words

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

  • ARROW
  • CRUCIFIX
  • HYPHEN
  • HYBRID
  • ANGRY
  • COMPLEX
  • SUBSTANCE
  • CHECKBOX
  • BAROQUE
  • CRUX
  • INVOLVED
  • HEART
  • ESSENCE
  • ELABORATE
  • BETRAY
  • BULLET

NYT Connections today (game #365) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • Yellow: Get to the center of things
  • Green: This puzzle is really _______?
  • Blue: They can replace numbers in a document
  • Purple: +

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

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NYT Connections today (game #365) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: CORE
  • GREEN: COMPLICATED
  • BLUE: SYMBOLS USED IN MAKING LISTS
  • PURPLE: WHAT “CROSS” MIGHT MEAN

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #365) - the answers

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The answers to today's Connections, game #365, are…

  • YELLOW: CORE CRUX, ESSENCE, HEART, SUBSTANCE
  • GREEN: COMPLICATED BAROQUE, COMPLEX, ELABORATE, INVOLVED
  • BLUE: SYMBOLS USED IN MAKING LISTS ARROW, BULLET, CHECKBOX, HYPHEN
  • PURPLE: WHAT “CROSS” MIGHT MEAN ANGRY, BETRAY, CRUCIFIX, HYBRID
  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

Here's another Connections puzzle that I solved out of order, so to speak. But that got me thinking: how do the NYT decide which is the more difficult of each? It's not always obvious to me, and the idea that ARROW, BULLET, CHECKBOX and HYPHEN (blue) are harder to group than BAROQUE, COMPLEX, ELABORATE and INVOLVED (green) seems unlikely.

Anyway, that aside this is a relatively standard Connections game. And, unusually, one where I genuinely did find all four answers, although I didn't spot the connection between the purple group until I only had those four words left.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, 9 June, game #364)

  • YELLOW: FEELING SOME TYPE OF WAY BITTER, SALTY, SORE, UPSET
  • GREEN: THROW HERE AND THERE PEPPER, SCATTER, SPRINKLE, STREW
  • BLUE: ___ POTATO BAKED, COUCH, HOT, SWEET
  • PURPLE: THINGS WITH LAYERS CAKE, EARTH, ONION, PLYWOOD

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made 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 a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for hom*ophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

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Marc McLaren

Global Editor in Chief

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He's also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the daily Wordle today page).

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NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Monday, June 10 (game #365) (2024)

FAQs

NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Monday, June 10 (game #365)? ›

As you go, Connections should get easier. Once you've grouped one category, you have fewer words to choose from for the remaining three, and so on and so forth, until the game is over and you've won.

Does nyt connection get harder? ›

As you go, Connections should get easier. Once you've grouped one category, you have fewer words to choose from for the remaining three, and so on and so forth, until the game is over and you've won.

How do you play the nyt connections game? ›

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made 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 a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

What do the colors mean in connections? ›

Players select four words at a time and if they are linked, forming one of the four categories, the letters light up and are removed from the board. Each of the four categories is color coded to denote its difficulty, with yellow representing the easiest followed by green, blue and purple.

What cross might mean connection? ›

Baroque, Complex, Elaborate, Involved. Symbols Used in Making Lists (Blue): Arrow, Bullet, Checkbox, Hyphen. What "Cross" Might Mean (Purple): Angry, Betray, Crucifix, Hybrid.

Is the Connections game good for your brain? ›

People love these games because they're not only fun, but challenging. But as much as they prompt people to think in new ways, they're not necessarily improving people's brain health, said Susanne Jaeggi, a professor with the Center for Cognitive and Brain Health at Northeastern University.

What is the hardest category in Connections? ›

In Connections, each category has a different difficulty level. Yellow is the simplest, and purple is the most difficult.

How does the game connect work? ›

The Classic Game of Connect 4

Players choose yellow or red discs. They drop the discs into the grid, starting in the middle or at the edge to stack their colored discs upwards, horizontally, or diagonally. Use strategy to block opponents while aiming to be the first player to get 4 in a row to win.

How does the game word connect work? ›

It's simple: connect the different letters to find all the words and complete each level! You will say "wow" several times! If you are a crosswords or word search games fan you will love this connect words' game.

Which color is easiest in Connections? ›

Each of the four groups in each day's Connections puzzle is also assigned a different colour, which represents how easy or difficult the Connection is to find. These colours are: Yellow (Easiest), Green (Easy), Blue (Medium), and Purple (Hardest).

What are the color codes for NYT connections? ›

The groups are coded by color, though you don't know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest. Look at the words carefully and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word.

Can you play Connections more than once a day? ›

Nope. Like Wordle, which was acquired by the New York Times in 2022, you can play Connections only once per day. Once you win a game, you'll see a familiar message with colored squares, with the ability to share your victory online and a countdown to the next Connections puzzle, which drops at midnight.

What does crossed connections mean? ›

A cross connection is any actual or potential connection between the drinking water lines and potential sources of pollution or contamination such as a piping arrangement or equipment that allows the drinking water to come in contact with non-potable liquids, solids, or gases hazardous to humans in the event of a ...

What are two examples of cross connection? ›

Common examples of cross-connections include a garden hose submerged in a pesticide mixture, a piped connection providing potable feed water to an industrial process, such as a cooling tower, or a submerged outlet of an irrigation system. Connections to firefighting equipment are other very common cross-connections.

How does the cross connect us to God? ›

His atoning sacrifice allows us to be once more at one with God. In fact “God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross” (Col 1:20). Thus, “in him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses” (Eph 1:7).

Does word Connect get harder? ›

Train your brain with this puzzle game and improve your vocabulary. Begin your journey with the first word connect and climb your way up to reach the top. Each word level and chapter will get progressively harder and will be unique.

Do New York Times crosswords get harder? ›

The crosswords are designed to increase in difficulty throughout the week, with the easiest on Monday and the most difficult on Saturday. The larger Sunday crossword, which appears in The New York Times Magazine, is an icon in American culture; it is typically intended to be a "Thursday-plus" in difficulty.

Which is harder, Wordle or Connections? ›

Connections poses a much bigger challenge than Wordle. Unlike Connections, Wordle gives you hints as you go along.

Does Wordle get harder as the week progresses? ›

Wordle doesn't have a difficulty curve throughout the course of the week like the daily crossword puzzle, but Tracy Bennett, Wordle's editor, is always thinking about how tricky her word choices are.

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