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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, June 18 (game #738).
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 #739) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- FINAL
- DESTINATION
- TRAIN
- STOPS
- BLOCKS
- BALL
- MASKS
- PAPERS
- FOILS
- JACKS
- JACKETS
- ROUTE
- ATTENDANCE
- GLOVES
- STARTING POINT
- HOMEWORK
NYT Connections today (game #739) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Student essentials
- GREEN: Sat-nav staples
- BLUE: Play time
- PURPLE: Stick em with the pointy end
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 #739) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: COMPONENTS OF ONE’S GRADE
- GREEN: MAP APP OPTIONS
- BLUE: CLASSIC TOYS
- PURPLE: FENCING GEAR
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #739) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #739, are…
- YELLOW: COMPONENTS OF ONE’S GRADE ATTENDANCE, FINAL, HOMEWORK, PAPERS
- GREEN: MAP APP OPTIONS DESTINATION, ROUTE, STARTING POINT, STOPS
- BLUE: CLASSIC TOYS BALL, BLOCKS, JACKS, TRAIN
- PURPLE: FENCING GEAR FOILS, GLOVES, JACKETS, MASKS
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 mistake
I couldn't live without my sav-nav app. I can't imagine how people managed to get themselves to the right place without them, particularly driving – and particularly driving in a city.
I guess the answer is that they sometimes didn't; I'm old enough to remember plenty of road trips with my parents spent sitting in the back seat while they argued over a map and found themselves stuck in a one-way street to the wrong side of a town. Happy days.
Maybe that's why I solved green, MAP APP OPTIONS, first, with DESTINATION, ROUTE, STARTING POINT and STOPS all jumping out at me early on.
After that I was a little stuck and got 'one away' with purple before correctly identifying that FOILS, GLOVES, MASKS and JACKETS were all types of FENCING GEAR.
Yellow was COMPONENTS OF ONE’S GRADE, but that one confused me slightly; is ATTENDANCE really a part of a grade? I guess it is in the sense that if you never go to school you won't get a good mark, but it's not like anyone gets a B rather than an A because they had an extra couple of days off sick. Maybe this one got lost in translation between the US and UK…
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Wednesday, June 18, game #738)
- 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
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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