Tip and answer from Connections today June 10 for 365

The first day of a work week is not just a return to routine, but a good opportunity to start a winning streak once you understand the Response from Connections for today June 10.

If you’ve never played it before, Connections challenges you to sort a group of 16 words into four groups where all the words are well… connected. This connection could come from the fact that they share a similar meaning, being part of a place name, objects found in a kitchen or anything else!

Although it may seem easy, the connection groups each have a different difficulty level – yellow being the easiest and purple being the hardest. For this reason, working today’s login answer could be rather tricky. You may get one group right away, but another might be a mystery to you. Fortunately, we are here to help!

Originally developed during the New York Times games department’s annual game jam, the beta version of Connections was released in June 2023. Since then, it has become one of the most popular games the NYTimes has to offer, beaten only by Worlde. Although some connections have been made with the BBC’s Only Connect programme…

Tip for Today’s Connections Answer

Instead of jumping straight to the answer, let’s start with some clues for today’s Connections puzzle:

• YELLOW – Words relate to what is fundamental.
• Green – Terms to represent what is complex.
• Blue – Consider making lists.
• Purple – The meaning of “Cross”.
• The heart belongs to the yellow group, the complex to green and the arrow to blue.

Remember: yellow is the easiest group to find, followed by green and blue, with purple being the hardest set of words to connect.

Connecting words for June 10

Here are the words included in today’s Connections puzzle – see if the clues above help you make a connection before checking out today’s answer:

Arrow	Crucifix	Hyphen	Hybrid
Angry	Complex	Substance	Check box
Baroque	Node	Implied	Heart
Essence	Elaborate	To betray	Ball

June 10 connections response

Without further ado, here is Connections’ answer for today:

• Heart – Crux, Essence, Heart, Substance.
• Complicated – Baroque, complex, elaborate, involved.
• Symbols used in creating lists – Arrow, bullet, checkbox, hyphen.
• What “Cross” could mean – Angry, betrayal, crucifix, hybrid.

I’m obsessed with lists and anything that involves organizing my ideas on a sheet of paper. For this reason, spotting the Blue group wasn’t too difficult once I saw Checkbox and Hyphen. Next, I knew that Complex and Elaborate were in the same group, but it took me a while before I could understand a group centered around the concept of complexity. The last two groups were formed by trying a few combinations, as it took me a while to see what themes tied them together.

What to play after Connections?

The obvious answer to this question is Wordle, but if you’ve already solved that problem today, the New York Times has other games. When it comes to word games, the NYTimes has the Mini Crossword, Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed, and Strands games, which are still in beta. If you want to get away from words, you can also try Tiles – a pattern matching game – or Sudoku.

Apart from the NYTimes, there is Semantle – where you have to reach the secret word by guessing its meaning. Spelling doesn’t matter in Semantle, rather you need to pay attention to the numerical value of your guesses to plot your way to the answer. If you prefer to keep the Connections format, it’s worth visiting Puzzgrid. You’ll find hundreds of Connections-style puzzles here, but the problem is that you only have three minutes to solve them.

(You can also just watch Only Connect on BBC iPlayer…)

If you’re in the mood to read, we explained why the NYTimes mini crosswords are a reliable joy and interviewed Jonathan Knight, head of games for the NYTimes.

Good luck solving today’s connections!