Need the answer to the June 11 New York Times Connect Puzzle? To me, Wordle is more like a vocabulary test, while Connections is more like brain teasers. You are given 16 words and asked to sort them into four groups that are related to each other in some way. Sometimes they’re obvious, but game editors know how to trick you by using words that fit into multiple groups.
Do you also play Wordle? We also have today’s Wordle answers and tips.
We’ve also got some winning tips for Strands, a new game from The Times that’s still in beta.
Today’s link group tip
Here are four tips for connecting the groups in today’s puzzle, from the easiest yellow group to the difficult (and sometimes weird) purple group
Yellow group tips: Words that sound similar.
Green group tips: Arnold Schwarzenegger would know this.
Blue group tips: Like rock, or country.
Purple group tips: Turn on the oven.
Answers to today’s link group
Yellow group: Homophones.
Green group: Muscle, informally.
Blue group: Music genre.
Purple group: Settings on electrical knobs.
read more: Today’s Wordle Answers and Tips
What’s the answer to today’s link?
Yellow words in today’s connection
The theme is a homophone. The four answers are bi, buy, by and bye.
Green words in today’s link
Unofficially, the theme is muscle. The four answers are abs, pectorals, quadriceps, and deltoids.
Blue words in today’s connection
The theme is music genre. The four answers are dub, mood, pop, and trap.
Purple words in today’s connection
Theme is the setting on the knob of the appliance. The four answers are hi, lo, med and off.
How to play connect
It’s easy to play. Winning is hard. Look at these 16 words and mentally assign them to the four relevant groups. Click on the four words that you think go together. The groups are color-coded, but you don’t know what’s going where until you see the answer. The yellow group is the easiest, then the green group, then the blue group, and the purple group is the hardest. Look carefully at the words and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection is only with part of the word. At one time, the four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”
