NYT Connections today – my hints and answers for June 21 (#741)
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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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, June 20 (game #740).
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.
Today's NYT Connections words are…
BRANDY
MALT
FIRM
BUTTER
STOUT
CIDER
PORT
HOUSE
LUXE
OUTFIT
THICK
SAUCE
SQUAT
GERM
CONCERN
SOLID
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Sturdy
GREEN: Business
BLUE: Could be an iPhone?
PURPLE: Roman could be another
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…
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: STOCKY
GREEN: COMPANY
BLUE: APPLE PRODUCTS
PURPLE: STARTS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
The answers to today's Connections, game #741, are…
YELLOW: STOCKY SOLID, SQUAT, STOUT, THICK
GREEN: COMPANY CONCERN, FIRM, HOUSE, OUTFIT
BLUE: APPLE PRODUCTS BRANDY, BUTTER, CIDER, SAUCE
PURPLE: STARTS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES GERM, LUXE, MALT, PORT
My rating: Easy
My score: 1 mistake
I made harder work of this than I probably needed to, but in fairness the NYT did throw in some classic misdirection today, with FIRM seemingly going with SOLID, SQUAT and STOUT, in my head at least, when really it was THICK that I was looking for to complete the yellow STOCKY group.
Surprisingly, I got purple first. This was a clever one, with GERM, LUXE, MALT and PORT all forming the starts of European nations – Germany, Luxembourg, Malta and Portugal, obviously.
I should really have got blue, Apple products, given that I spend my life writing about them. But rather than iPads and MacBooks, it was BRANDY, BUTTER, CIDER and SAUCE that I needed here.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
YELLOW: ITEMS IN A SEWING KIT BUTTON, NEEDLE, SCISSORS, THREAD
GREEN: CAPTURE ON VIDEO FILM, RECORD, SHOOT, TAPE
BLUE: PRO WRESTLING ICONS, WITH 'THE' HITMAN, ROCK, SNAKE, UNDERTAKER
PURPLE: WAX ___ MUSEUM, PAPER, POETIC, SEAL
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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