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How Connections works
Connections asks players to sort 16 words into four groups of four that share a connection. The game is playable through the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile. TechRadar’s June 8, 2024 guide says players can make up to four mistakes.
The 16 words in game #364
SALTY, PEPPER, BAKED, CAKE, SPRINKLE, ONION, BITTER, EARTH, SWEET, SCATTER, COUCH, UPSET, HOT, PLYWOOD, SORE, STREW.
Spoiler-light hints
These nudges identify the general idea behind each color without revealing the category labels or word groups.
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- Yellow: What are your emotions?
- Green: Dotted about.
- Blue: Strata.
- Purple: Chips!
Category labels
Spoiler warning: The category names below reveal more than the hints, but not the complete word groups.
- Yellow: FEELING SOME TYPE OF WAY
- Green: THROW HERE AND THERE
- Blue: ___ POTATO
- Purple: THINGS WITH LAYERS
Full answers for June 9, 2024
Spoiler warning: The complete solutions are below.
- Yellow — FEELING SOME TYPE OF WAY: BITTER, SALTY, SORE, UPSET
- Green — THROW HERE AND THERE: PEPPER, SCATTER, SPRINKLE, STREW
- Blue — ___ POTATO: BAKED, COUCH, HOT, SWEET
- Purple — THINGS WITH LAYERS: CAKE, EARTH, ONION, PLYWOOD
Why the word overlaps can mislead
BITTER, SWEET, and SALTY may look like a taste-based set, but SWEET belongs with the potato phrases, while BITTER and SALTY group with SORE and UPSET. PEPPER can also pull attention toward food, even though it belongs with the words meaning to scatter or spread things here and there. Those overlaps make it useful to check whether a tempting set accounts for all four words cleanly before locking it in.
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