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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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, June 12 (game #732).
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 #733) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- DOG
- LITTLE SPOON
- IRIS
- WATER BOTTLE
- TOO CLOSE
- LENS
- BENT
- ROD
- CONE
- ONE WEEK
- POTATO
- POINT OF VIEW
- ANGLE
- CUP
- CLOSING TIME
- SCOOP
NYT Connections today (game #733) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Look at things
- GREEN: Gelato
- BLUE: Hits of the 90s
- PURPLE: Preceded by the opposite of “cold”
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 #733) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PERSPECTIVE
- GREEN: SEEN AT AN ICE CREAM SHOP
- BLUE: HIT SONGS OF 1998
- PURPLE: HOT ___
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #733) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #733, are…
- YELLOW: PERSPECTIVE ANGLE, BENT, LENS, POINT OF VIEW
- GREEN: SEEN AT AN ICE CREAM SHOP CONE, CUP, LITTLE SPOON, SCOOP
- BLUE: HIT SONGS OF 1998 CLOSING TIME, IRIS, ONE WEEK, TOO CLOSE
- PURPLE: HOT ___ DOG, POTATO, ROD, WATER BOTTLE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
I was questioning LITTLE SPOON as something SEEN AT AN ICE CREAM SHOP, but then I remembered that they do indeed keep long little spoons.
They’re there for the consumption of ice cream sundaes, where long small spoons are required to get to the bottom of the glass. In some establishments they are als used to offer samples to dithering customers who can’t decide whether they want salted caramel or raspberry ripple-flavored scoops.
After getting the first two groups fairly quickly I struggled to see any connections among the remaining eight words, before, after much turmoil, working out that the connection was HOT.
I’m fortunate that I got the purple group, as I did not recognize any of the HIT SONGS OF 1998. This is most likely because I was too busy in a French melancholic haze listening to Air’s Moon Safari album 20 million times for the entirety of 1998 to pay any attention to Semisonic (CLOSING TIME) or the Goo Goo Dolls (IRIS).
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Thursday, June 12, game #732)
- YELLOW: GETTING COZY CUDDLING, HUGGING, SNUGGLING, SPOONING
- GREEN: GOSSIPING BUZZING, DISHING, SPILLING, WHISPERING
- BLUE: ENGAGING IN AN ACTIVITY WITH PINS OR NEEDLES ACUPUNCTURING, BOWLING, SEWING, WRESTLING
- PURPLE: STARTING WITH TITLES DOCTORING, LORDING, MISSING, SIRING
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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