If you’re finding today’s Connections puzzle difficult you’re not alone—and Newsweek is here to help.
It may only have launched in June 2023, but the word-based puzzle is already The New York Times‘ second-most-popular game after the incredibly successful Wordle.
The answers for today’s Connections puzzle will be revealed at the end of this article, so please scroll with caution if you want to work it out yourself.
How to Play ‘Connections’
In Connections, players are tasked with grouping together words by matching them by theme or categories. There are 16 words in the game in total, and each group of words is separated into four categories. For example, Wednesday’s game linked the words “captain,” “general,” “major” and “private”—which all came under the category “army ranks.”
The board has a color-coding system representing levels of difficulty. Yellow is the easiest, then green, blue and purple. Once you correctly link four words, their color will be revealed, letting you know how difficult the quiz-setters considered that part of the puzzle to be.
Explaining why the game has four difficulty levels, NYT puzzle editor Wyna Liu said she toyed with different ways to make the game more of a challenge.
“There would have to be a mix of categories for the game to feel challenging and satisfying,” she said in the NYT. “Some categories might be defined by their use of wordplay—palindromes, homophones, adding or dropping letters and words—rather than the literal meanings of the words on the cards.”
The themes that unite the words come from a broad range of categories, such as sci-fi novels, types of food and plants. To make things a bit tougher, a word can sometimes belong to more than one category—but there is only one correct answer.
There is no time limit, but players can make up to four mistakes only before the game ends.
‘Connections’ #382 Clues for Thursday, June 27
Newsweek has some hints to help you figure out today’s Connections categories.
Yellow: These words can be associated with criminals and animals that are preyed upon.
Green: Words you’d find at the end of a Valentine’s Day card.
Blue: Can be used to describe the two different groups in an argument.
Purple: These answers can all be modified by the name of an expensive metal often used to make jewelry.
‘Connections’ #382 Answers for Thursday, June 27
Yellow category: PURSUIT
Yellow words: Chase, Hunt, Quest, Search
Green Category: ROMANTIC LETTER SIGNOFFS
Green words: Always, Kisses, Love, Yours
Blue Category: GROUP WITHIN A GROUP
Blue words: Camp, Party, Side, Wing
Purple Category: GOLD _____
Purple words: Bond, Leaf, Mine, Rush
Did you guess the answers correctly? If so, congratulations! If not, there will be another opportunity to crack the puzzle tomorrow.
Connections is released at midnight in your local time zone. Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game.
While you wait for the next game, why not give the geography guessing game Worldle a try?
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