Need answers to the June 26 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 editor Wyna Liu knows how to trick you with single words that fit multiple groups.
Do you also play Wordle? We also have today’s Wordle answers and tips.
We’ve also got today’s answers and some general tips about Strands, a new game from The Times that’s still in beta.
read more: NYT Connections Could Be the New Wordle: Our Tips and Tricks
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: It’s time to salute.
Green group tips: Charge.
Blue group tips: Customers want it.
Purple group tips: Don Draper’s passion.
Answers to today’s link group
Yellow group: rank.
Green group: A place to insert things.
Blue group: overall consumer desires.
Purple group: ____ advertise.
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What’s the answer to today’s link?
Yellow words in today’s connection
The theme is military ranks. The four answers are Captain, General, Major, and Private.
Green words in today’s link
Theme is where things are inserted.
Blue words in today’s connection
The theme is the collective desire of consumers. The four answers are appetite, audience, demand and market.
Purple words in today’s connection
The topic is____advertising. The four answers were offensive, personal, pop-up, and want.
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 at the words carefully and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection is only with part of the word. Once, the four words were grouped because each began with the name of a rock band, including “Rushmore” and “Journeyman.”
