A new week brings a new set of Connections puzzles to complete. You'll find some hints below if you need them – and my commentary if you don't.
What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #379) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- BARE
- CARPET
- RAW
- MEAT
- NEW
- DELICATE
- DELICIOUS
- MOUSSE
- DEAR
- DESSERT
- SENSITIVE
- SIDE
- STARTER
- TAPE
- MAIN
- TENDER
NYT Connections today (game #379) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Ouch!
- Green: Feeling hungry?
- Blue: Sounds like an animal
- Purple: Color blank
Need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #379) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: SORE TO THE TOUCH
- GREEN: RESTAURANT COURSES
- BLUE: ANIMAL HOMOPHONES
- PURPLE: RED ___
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #379) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #379, are…
- GREEN: RESTAURANT COURSES DESSERT, MAIN, SIDE, STARTER
- YELLOW: SORE TO THE TOUCH DELICATE, RAW, SENSITIVE, TENDER
- BLUE: ANIMAL HOMOPHONES BARE, DEAR, MOUSSE, NEW
- PURPLE: RED ___ CARPET, DELICIOUS, MEAT, TAPE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
No major concerns today; Connections seems to have calmed down a little after last week's rather difficult puzzles. Blue is a fun one. I always like homophones, and today's was animal-based, with BARE/BEAR, DEAR/DEER, MOUSSE/MOOSE and (presumably) NEW/GNU. It took me a while to work out what that last one was, honestly.
I'm not sure I would have solved purple if it wasn't by default, but green and yellow were both straightforward, so I didn't need to worry about the final one anyway.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, 23 June, game #378)
- YELLOW: “SETTLE DOWN!” EASY, ENOUGH, QUIET, RELAX
- GREEN: MINOR AILMENTS BUG, CHILL, COLD, COUGH
- BLUE: WHAT HUMPBACK WHALES DO BREACH, DIVE, SING, SPOUT
- PURPLE: ___ CITY NICKNAMES MAGIC, MOTOR, SIN, WINDY
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
