Saturday's Connections puzzle from the NYT is not too bad really. A few traps, as there always are, but nothing you can't handle. However, if you do get stuck then simply scroll down to my helpful hints below.
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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NYT Connections today (game #377) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- FRANK
- STRING
- WOOD
- RING
- DOG
- FOG
- TRAIN
- BIRDS
- CHAIN
- LINK
- IRON
- BRAT
- DRIVER
- OMEN
- SERIES
- WEDGE
NYT Connections today (game #377) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: All together now
- Green: Fancy a round?
- Blue: The horror, the horror
- Purple: Just add mustard
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…
NYT Connections today (game #377) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER
- GREEN: KINDS OF GOLF CLUBS
- BLUE: HORROR MOVIES, WITH “THE”
- PURPLE: WORDS FOR SAUSAGE
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #377) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #377, are…
- YELLOW: ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER CHAIN, SERIES, STRING, TRAIN
- GREEN: KINDS OF GOLF CLUBS DRIVER, IRON, WEDGE, WOOD
- BLUE: HORROR MOVIES, WITH “THE” BIRDS, FOG, OMEN, RING
- PURPLE: WORDS FOR SAUSAGE BRAT, DOG, FRANK, LINK
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
One thing I always try to do in Connections is shuffle the words as soon as I begin. The NYT, sneaky thing that it is, will always try to misdirect you at the start, for instance putting DOG and FOG (rhyming words?) and CHAIN and LINK next to each other, when really they are in entirely different groups.
Today's game was another straightforward one. After my disasters earlier in the week I feel like I'm back in the swing of things, which is ironic given that one of the groups today relates to golf. I solved that one first, then the blue 'horror movies' group, leaving yellow as an easy final puzzle to solve before the purple group solved itself.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, 21 June, game #376)
- YELLOW: AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES FERRIS WHEEL, MERRY-GO-ROUND, ROLLER COASTER, TILT-A-WHIRL
- GREEN: APPROVAL CLEARANCE, GO-AHEAD, GREEN LIGHT, THUMBS-UP
- BLUE: TYPES OF COME-FROM-BEHIND STORIES CINDERELLA, DAVID-AND-GOLIATH, RAGS-TO-RICHES, UNDERDOG
- PURPLE: BEGINNING WITH SYNONYMS FOR REAR END BUMPER-TO-BUMPER, BUTTERMILK, RUMPELSTILTSKIN, TAILGATE
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 homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
