Today’s Connections puzzle is all about using the essentials to think through the categories and definitions in order to make the correct guesses to win the game. There are some red herrings that make things a little tricky, but by remembering the basics you will be able to solve the puzzle and keep your streak alive. You will want to pay close attention to the words and what other words they could be grouped with.
If you are looking for something more challenging, the Letter Boxed NYT puzzle is the right one for you. Focusing on the building blocks of the alphabet, you will want to use the letters on each side of the box to make words. However, you have to think ahead as you cannot use more than one letter on each side of the box at a time.
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Today’s Connections Category Hints
JUNE 11 #395
Keeping it cool, you will have to use the essentials to break up the words into groups of four that the game labels as categories. To solve the puzzle, it will be much easier if you know the categories. That is why we have all four categories listed for you in the box below:
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES |
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FUNDAMENTAL |
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TRANSFER |
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LIGHT-UP SIGNS |
Today’s Connections Answers
JULY 11 #395
Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES |
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PEN |
RULER |
SCISSORS |
TAPE |
Over most of my primary years, I spent the vast majority of time walking dewey-eyed through rows and rows of school supplies, very carefully picking out the ones I wanted most. Perhaps that is why this category was almost instinctive to guess for me. All of these words went very well together, it was mostly a matter of determining if STAPLE fit into this category or another one.
Green Answers: Revealed & Explained
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FUNDAMENTAL |
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ESSENTIAL |
KEY |
PRINCIPAL |
STAPLE |
Where STAPLE really belonged, this category is all about the important words, or the words meaning something is important. ESSENTIAL and KEY worked very well together, and STAPLE was likely to belong here once we ruled it out of the first category. PRINCIPAL could have also gone with the school theme or perhaps even the next category, but it was the only word left that meant anything like fundamental, although the -PLE spelling might have made the most sense here.
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Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained
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TRANSFER |
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GIVE |
HAND |
PASS |
SEND |
PASS could also have a school-themed meaning as it can refer to something like a bathroom or library pass for students. However, when viewed in context with these four words it makes the most sense that it would have this transference meaning instead. Nothing else really had that meaning in any of the categories, so this one was fairly easy to put together.
Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained
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LIGHT-UP SIGNS |
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APPLAUSE |
EXIT |
RECORDING |
WALK |
Most people are likely going to have these words left over and are likely unsure how they are related when they put them in as a guess. I was not sure myself, until I sent it through and my results screen came up. However, these are all signs that usually come backlit when installed to make them easier to see. Unfortunately, they did not have the same kind of attention-grabbing mechanics in this puzzle.
Other Games Like Connections
If you are still debating the difference between princiPAL and princiPLE you are likely the type of person who, like us, enjoys working out the English language and dissecting it into parts. That being the case, you are sure to enjoy one of the puzzle games listed below:
Connections
- Released
- June 12, 2023
- Developer(s)
- The New York Times Company
- Publisher(s)
- The New York Times Company
- Genre(s)
- ESRB
- Platform(s)
- Web Browser , Mobile