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Need a nudge before seeing the solution? The June 5, 2024 NYT Connections puzzle is game #360. Start with the category clues below; the full groups and all 16 words are farther down.
Hints for Connections #360
Connections asks you to sort 16 words into four groups of four. The color order runs from yellow, the easiest group, through green and blue to purple, the hardest.
- Yellow: How might you react to good news?
- Green: Think of words for a category or assortment.
- Blue: What might you call a quick summary or the essential information?
- Purple: Think of something you might order while watching a game.
Full answers for June 5
Spoilers below: These are the four category labels and their words.
- Yellow — “AWESOME!”: COOL, NICE, SICK, SWEET
- Green — VARIETY: KIND, SORT, STYLE, TYPE
- Blue — GIST: DRIFT, IDEA, MESSAGE, POINT
- Purple — FRIED APPETIZER, INFORMALLY: RING, STICK, TENDER, WING
The complete 16-word bank
NICE, RING, STYLE, POINT, KIND, STICK, TENDER, MESSAGE, SWEET, TYPE, DRIFT, SICK, SORT, WING, COOL, IDEA.
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Why the words can be misleading
KIND, SORT, STYLE, and TYPE all suggest categories, making them a natural variety group. The purple answers are informal names for fried appetizers; recognizing that food connection helps separate them from the other plausible groupings.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Why this puzzle is #360
Contemporaneous June 5 guides from Parade and Fortnite Insider identify the puzzle as #360 and give these same groups. A later Wordle Today archive labels June 5 as #381; that conflicts with the contemporaneous guides, so this answer uses #360.
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