NYT ‘Connections’ hints June 2: Answers and clues for game #357
Connections can best even the most careful players, so Newsweek has provided a few handy hints to help you get today’s solution.
Launched by The New York Times in June, 2023, Connections is now the news outlet’s second-most-played game after Wordle. It is also word-based, but rather than figure out one word, the game challenges players to uncover the “connections” between a group of words.
The premise is simple: each puzzle consists of 16 words that are separated into four categories. Players must identify the common thread between the words and select four groups of four words without making more than four mistakes.
Each of the categories is labeled with a color, which also signifies their difficulty level. Yellow is the most straightforward category, followed by green, blue and purple.
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Some words have multiple meanings and may appear to belong to multiple categories, but those aren’t the only tricks players have to watch out for.
“Some categories might be defined by their use of wordplay—palindromes, homophones, adding or dropping letters and words—rather than the literal meanings of the words on the cards,” Wyna Liu, the game’s editor, said.
“I saw three areas of potential difficulty that could be adjusted: the familiarity of the words, the ambiguity of their categorization and the variety of the wordplay.”
Below are some handy tips to help you keep your Connections winning streak—but scroll with caution if you want to figure out the answers for yourself.
Connections #357 Clues for Sunday, June 2
Yellow: There are no rebels in this category.
Green: These are ways to own a part of a company.
Blue: Urban places in the United States.
Purple: A slang term that can mean all of these things.
Connections #357 Answers for Sunday, June 2
Yellow category: CONFORMISTS
Yellow words: followers, lemmings, puppets, sheep
Green: COMPANY OWNERSHIP OFFERS
Green words: equity, options, shares, stocks
Blue: U.S. CITIES
Blue words: Billings, Buffalo, Mobile, Phoenix
Purple: WHAT ‘DIGS’ MIGHT MEAN
Purple words: apartment, insults, likes, shovels
Did you guess the categories correctly? If so, congratulations. But if not, there will be another chance tomorrow.
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.
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