Connections has become a New York Times hit mobile game since it launched in June 2023. But it is not always easy to complete it, and some puzzles are more fiendish than others.
Are you struggling with today’s Connections game? Need a few tips and tricks to complete it? Newsweek is here to help.
How to Play ‘Connections’
In Connections, players are tasked with grouping together words by matching them by theme or categories.
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There are 16 words in the game in total, and each group of words is separated into four categories.
The board has a color-coding system representing levels of difficulty. Yellow is the easiest, then green, blue and purple. A group’s color will be revealed only once the words in a group have been correctly connected.
The themes that unite the words come from a broad range of categories, including horror-movie franchises, types of sounds and food.
If all four words are correctly placed into each set, the words will be removed from the board until all the words are removed.
Players can shuffle and rearrange the board if they want to try to make the process of guessing the connections easier. But players can make up to four mistakes before the game ends.
Connections editor Wyna Liu said if you notice that there are five or more words that belong to one category, try pivoting to a different category before making your first guess.
“Doing so might take one of those extra cards out of contention, or at least remove a few cards from the board, making other categories easier to see,” Liu said.
Newsweek has compiled some hints for today’s game below, so be warned, there are spoilers ahead.
‘Connections’ #378 Clues for Sunday, June 23
Yellow: All the words relate to cooling off.
Green: All the words relate to mild illnesses.
Blue: All the words relate to a marine mammal.
Purple: All the words can be used to describe geographical locations.
‘Connections’ #378 Answers for Sunday, June 23
Yellow Category: “Settle Down!”
Yellow Words: Easy, Enough, Quiet, Relax
Green Category: Minor ailments
Green Words: Bug, Chill, Cold, Cough
Blue Category: What humpback whales do
Blue Words: Breach, Dive, Sing, Spout
Purple Category: — City nicknames
Purple Words: Magic, Motor, Sin, Windy
That’s another game completed. Connections is released at midnight in your local time zone. Newsweek will be back with another round of hints and tips for each new game.
If you are still craving some quiz action, why not try The New York Times’ most-played word game, Wordle,as well?
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