NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Sunday, June 2 (game #357)
Sunday's Connections is perhaps a little easier than Saturday's – though it's all relative, of course. I didn't struggle at least, which makes a nice change. If you do, you'll find some hints below.
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 #357) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
MOBILE
FOLLOWERS
SHOVELS
BUFFALO
LIKES
INSULTS
SHARES
SHEEP
APARTMENT
BILLINGS
PUPPETS
OPTIONS
EQUITY
PHOENIX
STOCKS
LEMMINGS
NYT Connections today (game #357) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
Yellow: Do as they're told
Green: Wall Street terminology
Blue: Places for urban living
Purple: What a mole does?
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 #357) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: CONFORMISTS
GREEN: COMPANY OWNERSHIP OFFERS
BLUE: U.S. CITIES
PURPLE: WHAT “DIGS” MIGHT MEAN
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #357) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #357, are…
YELLOW: CONFORMISTS FOLLOWERS, LEMMINGS, PUPPETS, SHEEP
GREEN: COMPANY OWNERSHIP OFFERS EQUITY, OPTIONS, SHARES, STOCKS
BLUE: U.S. CITIES BILLINGS, BUFFALO, MOBILE, PHOENIX
PURPLE: WHAT “DIGS” MIGHT MEAN APARTMENT, INSULTS, LIKES, SHOVELS
My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect
A much easier Connections puzzle from the NYT today. I did get a little distracted initially by the presence of LEMMINGS, SHEEP and BUFFALO, and thought maybe it was something about animals – though what the connection between lemmings and buffalo might be I have no idea. Then I thought a little harder and realized that the presence of FOLLOWERS and PUPPETS could be added to LEMMINGS and SHEEP to make CONFORMISTS.
For the second group I nearly went with a social media angle: SHARES and LIKES. But again, rethought it and swapped LIKES for STOCKS, OPTIONS and EQUITY. As is usually the case, the third one was much more difficult. But BUFFALO and PHOENIX are both obvious US cities (even to someone in the UK such as me), and I'd heard of both BILLINGS and MOBILE too, so was able to solve the US CITIES group. No, I didn't know what the answer to the fourth set was – but by then it didn't matter.
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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday 1 June, game #356)
YELLOW: “DON’T DELAY!” HURRY, NOW, PRONTO, STAT
GREEN: OCEAN PHENOMENA CURRENT, DRIFT, TIDE, WAVE
BLUE: DUMBBELL EXERCISES CURL, FLY, PRESS, ROW
PURPLE: PHILOSOPHER HOMOPHONES LOCK, MARKS, PANE, RUSTLE
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.
