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Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered.
What Is Connections?
Connections is a game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4. Each group of words will be connected by some common idea or theme. That common element could be anything. We have seen everything from games that rely on the number of letters in the words to categories that require you to spot an extra letter at the end of the word. Sometimes they’re references to economics, other times they reference fairy tales. There is no telling what sort of association there will be between words.
Once you’re confident you understand the connection, select 4 words, then hit “Submit.” You have only four attempts in total, so don’t be too guess-happy.
Hints for Today’s Connections Groups
Here are a few hints for the 367th Connections game to get you started:
Be Kind Rewind, E.T., Fright Night, Kill Bill
Ending in Units of Measurement (Blue):
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, My Left Foot, The Green Mile, The Longest Yard
Beetlejuice, Dogma, Foxy Brown, Octopoussy
How Did We Solve This Connections Game?
My first thought on viewing the words (or phrases really) for June 12th’s game was “Whoa.” If the last few games have been a bit easy, this is sure to compensate.
I was completely overwhelmed at first.
I decided to start with Manhattan for… no particular reason at all. When I’m totally lost, I start with what I know about a word. Manhattan is a borough in NYC, but it also commonly refers to a drink, a type of clam chowder (the superior kind—I’ll die on this hill), or the code name for the nuclear weapons programs of the United States in the 1940s. So, I figured I was either looking for words related to New York City, alcoholic drinks, clam chowder (possibly other seafood), or nuclear weapons programs. I chose to exclude the last one because it seemed improbable.
Wall Street is a very famous street in the Financial District (located in Lower Manhattan), so that points towards “Words related to New York City.” Chinatown is a neighborhood in Manhattan too, which further adds credence to that idea. That left Dumbo, which is a neighborhood in Brooklyn. That made me quite confident the group was “Places in New York City.” The group’s color was Yellow.
Okay, one group down.
The next title I latched on to was Fright Night, and the thing that jumped out at me on closer inspection was that the words rhymed. Quickly skimming the remaining words, I found three others that also rhymed: Be Kind Rewind, E.T., and Kill Bill. That was too much of a coincidence to ignore, so I just guessed they were a group. Together, they made up the Green group, “Rhyming Titles.”
With only 8 left, something else jumped out at me: 4 titles end in units of measure. Hewing and the AngryInch, My LeftFoot, The GreenMile, and The LongestYard. That seemed like a strong connection, and luckily, I was right. Blue was “Ending in Units of Measurement.”
That left Beetlejuice, Dogma, Foxy Brown, and Octopussy—decidedly unrelated titles. Purple was just “Starting with Animals.”
How Do You Guess Connections Groups?
There is no quick, reliable way to approach Connections like there is with Wordle, since Connections isn’t algorithmic. However, there are a few things to keep in mind that can help.
If you didn’t solve this one, don’t feel too bad—there’s always tomorrow! And those words may align with a topic you’re interested in, giving you a leg up on the competition.
