NYT Connections today — hints and answers for Saturday, June 22 (game #377)

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Saturday’s NYT Connections puzzle is not too challenging overall. While there are a few tricky parts, it’s nothing you can’t overcome. If you find yourself stuck, check out the hints below for some guidance.

Once you’ve completed the puzzle, why not try out some more word games? You can also find daily hints and answers for Wordle, Strands, and Quordle if you need assistance with those as well.

SPOILER WARNING: Details about today’s NYT Connections puzzle are revealed below, so proceed with caution if you want to figure it out yourself.

NYT Connections Today (Game #377) – Today’s Words

(Image credit: New York Times)

Today’s NYT Connections words include:

  • FRANK
  • STRING
  • WOOD
  • RING
  • DOG
  • FOG
  • TRAIN
  • BIRDS
  • CHAIN
  • LINK
  • IRON
  • BRAT
  • DRIVER
  • OMEN
  • SERIES
  • WEDGE

NYT Connections Today (Game #377) – Hint #1 – Group Hints

Here are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups:

  • Yellow: All together now
  • Green: Fancy a round?
  • Blue: The horror, the horror
  • Purple: Just add mustard

If you need more clues, read on for the theme answers for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections Today (Game #377) – Hint #2 – Group Answers

Here are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups:

  • YELLOW: ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER
  • GREEN: KINDS OF GOLF CLUBS
  • BLUE: HORROR MOVIES, WITH “THE”
  • PURPLE: WORDS FOR SAUSAGE

If you don’t want to see the answers, stop scrolling now.

NYT Connections Today (Game #377) – The Answers

NYT Connections answers for game 377 on a purple background

(Image credit: New York Times)

Here are the answers to today’s Connections, game #377:

  • YELLOW: ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER CHAIN, SERIES, STRING, TRAIN
  • GREEN: KINDS OF GOLF CLUBS DRIVER, IRON, WEDGE, WOOD
  • BLUE: HORROR MOVIES, WITH “THE” BIRDS, FOG, OMEN, RING
  • PURPLE: WORDS FOR SAUSAGE BRAT, DOG, FRANK, LINK
  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

In Connections, I always start by shuffling the words right away. The NYT likes to trick you at the beginning by placing rhyming words or similar words in adjacent groups, so it’s best to mix them up early on.

Today’s puzzle was fairly straightforward. After some recent struggles, I felt like I was back on track. I tackled the golf-related group first, followed by the horror movies group. The yellow group was an easy finish before the purple group solved itself.

How did you fare today? Drop me an email and share your experience.

Yesterday’s NYT Connections Answers (Friday, 21 June, Game #376)

  • YELLOW: AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES FERRIS WHEEL, MERRY-GO-ROUND, ROLLER COASTER, TILT-A-WHIRL
  • GREEN: APPROVAL CLEARANCE, GO-AHEAD, GREEN LIGHT, THUMBS-UP
  • BLUE: TYPES OF COME-FROM-BEHIND STORIES CINDERELLA, DAVID-AND-GOLIATH, RAGS-TO-RICHES, UNDERDOG
  • PURPLE: BEGINNING WITH SYNONYMS FOR REAR END BUMPER-TO-BUMPER, BUTTERMILK, RUMPELSTILTSKIN, TAILGATE

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is a popular word game created by the New York Times. It challenges players to identify groups of four items that share a commonality. Each group varies in difficulty level, with green being the easiest, yellow slightly harder, blue quite tough, and purple very challenging.

Players are allowed up to four mistakes, and the final group can be solved through process of elimination if needed. The game is more complex than Wordle and offers opportunities for the NYT to use tricks to deceive players, such as homophones and word disguises.

You can play for free on the NYT Games website on desktop or mobile.