A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, June 17 (game #737).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
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 #738) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- SMACK
- BARM
- PEA
- WET
- RANKLE
- ASTRONAUT
- GRAY
- WHALE
- COLD
- COFFEE
- RIGHT
- SHIP
- EXACTLY
- WINDY
- LEAR
- DEAD
NYT Connections today (game #738) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Got an umbrella?
- GREEN: Completely true
- BLUE: Found within or formed from a specific word
- PURPLE: 'Slip' could be another
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 #738) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: QUALITIES OF A RAINY DAY
- GREEN: SQUARELY
- BLUE: CONTENTS OF A POD
- PURPLE: BODY PART PLUS A STARTING LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #738) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #738, are…
- YELLOW: QUALITIES OF A RAINY DAY COLD, GRAY, WET, WINDY
- GREEN: SQUARELY DEAD, EXACTLY, RIGHT, SMACK
- BLUE: CONTENTS OF A POD ASTRONAUT, COFFEE, PEA, WHALE
- PURPLE: BODY PART PLUS A STARTING LETTER BARM, LEAR, RANKLE, SHIP
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
Hi all, it's Marc on Connections duty today, back for a few days while Johnny goes on a well-earned vacation.
I stared at the board for at least five minutes before finding anything today; there was simply nothing that appeared to go together. Well, that's not entirely true – there were several options that had two or three words, for instance WINDY, WET and COLD for 'weather types' or EXACTLY and RIGHT for 'Correct'.
Eventually, I tried to let my mind think a little more freely, and placed DEAD and SMACK with EXACTLY and RIGHT in order to make a group that ended up being SQUARELY.
With green done, I looked again and tried to think in a devious NYT way. SHIP contained the word 'hip' within in and BARM the word 'arm', so that seemed plausible. A few seconds later I'd added RANKLE ('ankle') and LEAR ('ear') and was delighted when that turned purple.
That only left two groups, including the supposedly easiest yellow. I returned to that weather group, all three of which were still left on the board, and this time added GRAY to make my final group. Blue, which was unsolved by me, ended up being CONTENTS OF A POD, which I'm not sure I would ever have got.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, June 17, game #737)
- YELLOW: THINGS TO BOOK FOR A VACATION CAR, FLIGHT, HOTEL, TOUR
- GREEN: METTLE FIGHT, GRIT, RESOLVE, SPIRIT
- BLUE: BAD THINGS FOR A WEBSITE TO DO FREEZE, GLITCH, QUIT, TIMEOUT
- PURPLE: FIGURES IN CLASSIC DISNEY ANIMATED FILMS ELEPHANT, FAWN, MARIONETTE, MOUSE
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.
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