Looking for answers to the June 1 New York Times connection 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 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: Do it quickly.
Green group tips: Related to the sea.
Blue group tips: If you lift weights.
Purple group tips: Famous thinkers have similar-sounding names.
Answers to today’s link group
Yellow group: Don’t delay.
Green group: Marine phenomena.
Blue group: Dumbbell exercises.
Purple group: Homophones for philosopher.
What’s the answer to today’s link?
Yellow words in today’s connection
The theme is don’t procrastinate. The four words are “hurry up”, “now”, “pronto” and “stat”.
Green words in today’s link
The theme is marine phenomena. These four words are current, drift, tide and wave.
Blue words in today’s connection
The topic is dumbbell exercises. The four characters are Juan, Fei, Press and Xing.
Purple words in today’s connection
The theme is a homophone for philosopher. The four words are lock, mark, pane and rustle. (John Locke, Karl Marx, Thomas Paine and Bertrand Russell.)
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.”
