Looking for answers to the June 8 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: Arouse people’s curiosity.
Green group tips: Capture instant action with your camera.
Blue group tips: Letters are mixed.
Purple group tips: Use phrases that represent beautiful words.
Answers to today’s link group
Yellow group: Attract others’ attention.
Green group: Document with video attached.
Blue group: anagram.
Purple group: beautiful____.
What’s the answer to today’s link?
Yellow words in today’s connection
The theme is to attract people’s attention. The four answers are absorb, concentrate, hold, and rivet.
Green words in today’s link
Topics are documents with videos. The four answers are film, recording, filming and tape.
Blue words in today’s connection
The theme is word puzzles. The four answers are pastels, petals, ruffles, and staples.
Purple words in today’s connection
The theme is beautiful____. The four answers are “yes,” “penny,” “please,” and “woman.”
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.”
