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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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, June 2 (game #722).
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 #723) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SHOWBOAT
- TENNIS
- ID
- WITCHCRAFT
- FRIENDSHIP
- SELF-CARE
- HUNKY-DORY
- POSTURE
- OK
- LAW
- FINE
- CHARM
- GRANDSTAND
- SWELL
- MEDICINE
- SWAGGER
NYT Connections today (game #723) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Showing off
- GREEN: All good
- BLUE: Worn on wrist
- PURPLE: Linked by a word that “makes perfect”
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 #723) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: BE OSTENTATIOUS
- GREEN: COPACETIC
- BLUE: KINDS OF BRACELETS
- PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN PRACTICE
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #723) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #723, are…
- YELLOW: BE OSTENTATIOUS GRANDSTAND, POSTURE, SHOWBOAT, SWAGGER
- GREEN: COPACETIC FINE, HUNKY-DORY, OK, SWELL
- BLUE: KINDS OF BRACELETS CHARM, FRIENDSHIP, ID, TENNIS
- PURPLE: THINGS YOU CAN PRACTICE LAW, MEDICINE, SELF-CARE, WITCHCRAFT
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Seeing the words SHOWBOAT and GRANDSTAND in the grid immediately had me thinking of sports people who enjoy adding a touch of needless flair to what they do.
This is very common in soccer, where showboating players can ignite or frustrate a crowd depending on the scoreline – a fancy stepover/nutmeg/backheel while losing is almost criminal, but while winning the same tricks will be lauded as magicial.
I was thrilled to get the hard purple group today before the end, when you don’t actually need to guess it. But my SWAGGER took a hit as I’d conjured them together without really knowing why. I was thinking they were all things you can do to defend yourself, so it’s almost right.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Monday, June 2, game #722)
- YELLOW: EXPEDITION JOURNEY, ODYSSEY, QUEST, VOYAGE
- GREEN: HOLD DEAR ESTEEM, PRIZE, TREASURE, VALUE
- BLUE: WORDS WHOSE ONLY VOWEL IS “y” MYRRH, NYMPH, RHYTHM, SPHYNX
- PURPLE: NAMES ENDING IN “K” PLUS WORD FRANKINCENSE, JACKPOT, MARKDOWN, NICKNAME
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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