NYT Connections today – my hints and answers for June 20 (#740)
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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 19 (game #739).
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…
ROCK
FILM
SEAL
SCISSORS
POETIC
PAPER
BUTTON
MUSEUM
SNAKE
SHOOT
THREAD
HITMAN
RECORD
NEEDLE
UNDERTAKER
TAPE
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
YELLOW: Sew good
GREEN: Commit to physical or digital media
BLUE: Ring stars
PURPLE: [Melting substance] blank
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: ITEMS IN A SEWING KIT
GREEN: CAPTURE ON VIDEO
BLUE: PRO WRESTLING ICONS, WITH 'THE'
PURPLE: WAX ___
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 #740, are…
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
My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect
Look, I'll be honest here, even though it may upset some people, but I do not get pro wrestling. I simply don't understand it at all – what's the point? It's all staged!
Anyway, that didn't stop me solving the blue PRO WRESTLING ICONS, WITH "THE" group first, because UNDERTAKER, HITMAN and ROCK were all obvious and SNAKE seemed a far more likely fourth inclusion than 'The Museum' or 'The Button'. Sorry, Mr Snake, but I had not heard of you.
Green was an easy one, made easier still by the fact that FILM, RECORD, SHOOT and TAPE had lined themselves up on one line and therefore made them jump straight off the board and into my brain. Yellow was even simpler, to the extent that I can't believe I didn't spot it sooner, and though I didn't need to solve purple I think I might have done if I'd had to.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
YELLOW: COMPONENTS OF ONE'S GRADE ATTENDANCE, FINAL, HOMEWORK, PAPERS
GREEN: MAP APP OPTIONS DESTINATION, ROUTE, STARTING POINT, STOPS
BLUE: CLASSIC TOYS BALL, BLOCKS, JACKS, TRAIN
PURPLE: FENCING GEAR FOILS, GLOVES, JACKETS, MASKS
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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