In today’s collection ofConnections, the categories can be a little tricky but with a few hints, you should be able to hit the ground running. If you can start narrowing it down, the harder categories might become more clear as you go along. As always, we have provided both a few hints to try to help you guess right before we spoil the answers.
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Today’s Connections Category Hints
June 4 #358
Don’t want to be fully spoiled? We have your back and have included the category titles to give you a little nudge in the right direction. One category name in particular makes the grouping of words I chose make a lot more sense. Sometimes you guess the right words for the wrong reasons, but now you’re able to avoid my mistakes and pick the right words for the right reasons.
MAKE
NET
This one actually took us a second go today. We had all but “Clear” grouped together and it was not one of our initial choices. We even solved this category second instead of first! Luckily, with one bad guess, we made it right on the second attempt. “Make” and “Earn” were the biggest clues here with “Net” following.
ROBE
STAFF
We had not initially guessed that this was the category, as it’s a bit of a tricky one. We also got caught up in “Staff” being a term for employee rather than a cool fantasy staff like it’s supposed to be. However, by guessing the other three all had to do with adornments and the only other word that had to do with people being “Staff” we got there in the end.
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HATCH
KEEL
We really, badly, desperately wanted “Suite” to be in this category. It was such a good red herring and almost cost us the game! However, with the hint that we were one word away and feeling sure about “Bridge,” “Deck” and “Keel” we ended up slotting “Hatch” in and finding out we were right.
SPAN
SUITE
We actually got this category right first for the completely wrong reasons. To us, it seemed that all of these could be synonyms for a “section” of something. “Section” is obvious, and “Span” and “Suite” both have spatial connotations as well. “Clef” was not quite there but it does have a direct influence on sections of music. However, when the category name popped, we realized that these are all indeed things that could just have a “C” in front of them.
Other Games Like Connections
If you are still stuck in the waiting room after you have finished this puzzle, go check out the other puzzlers the NYT, among others, puts out to pass the time away.
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Yes
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