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Sunday’s Connections has one group that you’ll always find easy or have no idea about, plus three that are more accessible to everyone. Read on if you need hints for that hard one (and the others, if you want them).
What do you do when you’re done? Well, play some word games of course. I also have daily Wordle hints and answers, Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help with those too.
SPOILER ALERT: Below is information about today’s NYT Connections. So don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #392) – Today’s Words
The words of today’s NYT Connections are…
- BUYER
- HONEY
- COVER
- TO MELT
- SUB
- SHRINK
- HERO
- CONDENSING
- TO FREEZE
- HACK
- BACKUP
- ONE DAY
- VARIED
- FANTASY
- EVAPORATE
- BUSINESS SUIT
NYT Connections Today (Contest #392) – Hint #1 – Group Hints
What are some clues about the current NYT Connections groups?
- Yellow: Scientists – and nature – could take these measures
- Vegetable: Trade in
- Blue: Not the official job title
- Purple: Everything she wants for Christmas
Do you need more pointers?
We’re really getting into 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 #392) – Hint #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for the current NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: CHANGE OF STATES OF MATTER
- GREEN: REPLACEMENT
- BLUE: SLANGY NAMES FOR PROFESSIONS
- PURPLE: MARIAH CAREY NUMBER ONE HITS
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Contest #392) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #392, are…
- YELLOW: CHANGE OF STATES OF MATTER CONDENSING, FREEZING, MELTING, EVAPORATION
- GREEN: REPLACEMENT ALTERNATIVE, BACKUP, COVERAGE, SUB
- BLUE: SLANGY NAMES FOR PROFESSIONS COPPER, HACKING, SHRINK, PACK
- PURPLE: MARIAH CAREY NUMBER ONE HITS FANTASY, HERO, SWEETHEART, ONE DAY
- My score: Simple
- My score: Perfect
It’s a good thing the first three groups were easy today, because there’s zero chance I would have solved the purple group other than the default. No offense to Maria Carey, who recorded one of the best Christmas songs ever, but I’m unfamiliar with her wider canon and therefore wouldn’t have noticed that FANTASY, HERO, HONEY, and SOMEDAY belong together.
Luckily, I did notice that CONDENSE, FREEZE, MELT, and VAPORIZE all formed a CHANGE STATES OF MATTER group, because my knowledge of science is greater than my knowledge of Mariah’s hits. The green “replacement” and blue “slangy names for professions” groups were equally easy, making this one of the smoothest Connections experiences I’ve had in a while.
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Answers from yesterday on NYT Connections (Saturday, July 6, Contest #391)
- YELLOW: BIOLOGICAL BUILDING BLOCKS ATOM, CELL, MOLECULE, PROTEIN
- GREEN: PURCHASES FOR A BABY BOTTLE, CENT, MOBILE, RATTLE
- BLUE: OBJECTS PLAYED AS INSTRUMENTS JUG, SAW, SPOON, WASHBOARD
- PURPLE: ___ TAG DOG, FREEZER, PHONE, PRICE
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of the increasingly popular word games from the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that have something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a bit harder, blue is often quite difficult, and purple is usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically have to solve the last question, because you can answer it by elimination. Plus, you can make a maximum of four mistakes, which gives you some breathing room.
It is a bit more complicated than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that can obscure the answers.
It is free to play via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.