Tip and answer from Connections today June 14 for 369

Friday is finally here and it’s time to celebrate. But if you think that facing a puzzle after a whole work week is too taxing, then we can help you solve it. Response from Connections for today June 14.

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 really!

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, work 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 related to writing.
• Green – Things related to a certain color.
• Blue – Think about the sound of the letters.
• Purple – Who comes in second place.
• The paper belongs to the yellow group, Carnation in green and Hotel in 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 14

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:

June 14 connections response

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

• Writing work – Article, essay, article, report.
• Things that are pink – Bubble Gum, Carnation, Gum, Flamingo.
• NATO Phonetic Alphabet – Foxtrot, Hotel, Victor, Yankee.
• Associated with 2# – Deputy, Derek Jeter, pencil, silver medal.

Again, I was only able to find the Violet group after completing the other three, but getting there wasn’t easy! The Yellow group was the first one I could spot because of all those words related to writing. I failed on my second try because I didn’t consider an eraser to be pink, a mistake that was quickly corrected on my third attempt. I also failed my last try, because I put Pencil in the same group with Hotel, Yankee, and Foxtrot. I don’t think I’ll forget the NATO phonetic alphabet anytime soon!

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!