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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 24 (game #744).
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 #745) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- CRAN
- CUP
- RASP
- RAVE
- STRAW
- GOAT
- HERO
- BLUE
- PLANE
- LID
- JACK
- SAW
- FLAMING
- NAPKIN
- CHISEL
- SWISS
NYT Connections today (game #745) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Dairy slices
- GREEN: Found at the coffee shop
- BLUE: Essential for carpentry
- PURPLE: Flying but something’s missing
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 #745) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: KINDS OF CHEESES
- GREEN: BEVERAGE SELF-SERVICE ITEMS
- BLUE: WOODWORKING HAND TOOLS
- PURPLE: BIRDS MINUS LAST LETTER
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #745) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #745, are…
- YELLOW: KINDS OF CHEESES BLUE, GOAT, JACK, SWISS
- GREEN: BEVERAGE SELF-SERVICE ITEMS CUP, LID, NAPKIN, STRAW
- BLUE: WOODWORKING HAND TOOLS CHISEL, PLANE, RASP, SAW
- PURPLE: BIRDS MINUS LAST LETTER CRAN, FLAMING, HERO, RAVE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
I fell hook, line, and sinker for today’s trap.
Uncertain what CRAN could possibly refer to, I had one of those moments of realization that only Connections can give you, when the clouds of confusion part and suddenly everything becomes clear.
“Cran”, I thought must be short for cranberry and ah yes, there is STRAW short for strawberry, BLUE for blueberry, and RASP for raspberry.
Then came the other classic Connections sensation, when after thinking you are really clever and have found four linked words you discover you are wrong. So wrong in fact that you are looking for a “group of four”.
Pulling myself back together I managed to muddle through – not that I ever had any inkling that cran could be part of a group of BIRDS MINUS LAST LETTER.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, June 24, game #744)
- YELLOW: STRICT FIRM, RIGID, STERN, TOUGH
- GREEN: BOTANICAL COVERINGS HULL, HUSK, POD, SHELL
- BLUE: SEEN IN OPENING CREDITS CAST, DIRECTOR, STUDIO, TITLE
- PURPLE: OBJECTS IN 0-, 1-, 2- AND 3-DIMENSIONAL SPACE LINE, PLANE, POINT, SOLID
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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