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NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Wednesday, June 19 (game #374)

June 18, 2024
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Finally, an easier Connections puzzle for us to tackle. Not easy as such – but easier. You may still need hints, though, so read on if that's the case.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.

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 #374) - today's words

NYT Connections words for game 374 on a purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are…

  • SEA
  • AYE
  • SEE
  • TEA
  • COURT
  • PRO
  • DROVE
  • DATE
  • PACK
  • FOR
  • PALM
  • WOO
  • TAROT
  • HOST
  • AURA
  • YEA

NYT Connections today (game #374) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • Yellow: Yes!
  • Green: Be mine
  • Blue: Lots of things
  • Purple: Telling your future

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 #374) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

  • YELLOW: POSITIONS IN FAVOR
  • GREEN: GO OUT WITH
  • BLUE: MULTITUDE
  • PURPLE: THINGS READ IN DIVINATION

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #374) - the answers

NYT Connections answers for game 374 on a purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #374, are…

  • YELLOW: POSITIONS IN FAVOR AYE, FOR, PRO, YEA
  • GREEN: GO OUT WITH COURT, DATE, SEE, WOO
  • BLUE: MULTITUDE DROVE, HOST, PACK, SEA
  • PURPLE: THINGS READ IN DIVINATION AURA, PALM, TAROT, TEA
  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: Perfect

Having failed to solve the previous two Connections puzzles I was relieved to escape here with no mistakes. All four are relatively straightforward, with three of them being simple synonyms and only the hardest purple group being a more complicated collection of words.

I completed them in order, with the yellow 'position in favor' standing out immediately. The green 'go out with' group required a little more thought; it's not like people use words like COURT or WOO very often these days! – but I got them in the end. That left two more groups, and once I focused on possible meanings of the word DROVE that one clicked into place too.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, 18 June, game #373)

  • YELLOW: REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS CHANNEL, MENU, POWER, VOLUME
  • GREEN: HIDE FROM VIEW BLOCK, COVER, SCREEN, SHIELD
  • BLUE: DRINK GARNISHES CHERRY, OLIVE, SWORD, UMBRELLA
  • PURPLE: FIRST WORD IN BOND MOVIE TITLES CASINO, DIAMONDS, QUANTUM, TOMORROW

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.