NYT ‘Connections' Hints For Friday, June 27: Clues And Answers For Today's Game
Find the links between the words to win today's game of Connections.
Each day's game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. Before we get to today's Connections hints and answers, here are Thursday's:
Hey there, Connectors! The weekend is right around the corner and I hope it's a wonderful one for you.
This week, you may have seen that The New York Times published a list of the 100 best movies of the 21st century, as voted on by hundreds of film industry creatives. There's an option for readers to submit their own ballots too. I decided to do that and figured I may as well share my picks with you folks as well.
I didn't give this too much thought. I just went with the first 10 films since 2000 that came to mind that I truly, deeply love. They are:
I would say that if you're curious about watching The Endless that you should first watch Resolution from the same filmmakers, as there's a link between the films. I adore all of these, though. Movies are just the best.
Before we begin, we have a great little community on Discord, where we chat about NYT Connections, the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. Everyone who has joined has been lovely. It's a fun hangout spot, and you're more than welcome to hang out with us.
Discord is also the best way to give me any feedback about the column, especially on the rare (or not-so-rare) occasions that I mess something up. I don't look at the comments or Twitter much. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my new newsletter, Pastimes.
Today's NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, June 27 are coming right up.
How To Play Connections
Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT's website or Games app.
You're presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part.
There's only one solution for each puzzle, and you'll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.
Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay.
Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you're incorrect, you'll lose a life. If you're close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you're one word away from getting it right, but you'll still need to figure out which one to swap.
If you make four mistakes, it's game over. Let's make sure that doesn't happen with the help of some hints, and, if you're really struggling, today's Connections answers. As with Wordle and other similar games, it's easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.
If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the publication's Connections archive. This includes every previous game of Connections, so you can go back and play any of those that you have missed.
What Are Today's Connections Hints?
Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today's Connections groups, I'll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.
Today's 16 words are...
And the hints for today's Connections groups are:
One Word For Each Connections Group
Need some extra help?
Be warned: we're starting to get into spoiler territory.
Let's take a look at one word for each group.
Today's Connections word hints are…
What Are Today's Connections Groups?
Today's Connections groups are...
What Are Today's Connections Answers?
Spoiler alert! Don't scroll any further down the page until you're ready to find out today's Connections answers.
This is your final warning!
Today's Connections answers are...
I'm not going to keep you in suspense this time. I found this one pretty easy. It was one of those times when everything kind of gelled together in my brain all at once.
Seeing BLUES and MARX next to each other made the purples clear pretty much straight away. BLOOD Brothers could refer to the musical, band or two people not related by birth who swear loyalty to each other. The CHEMICAL Brothers are a legendary electronic music group. Cool to see them referenced here, and I'm happy to see them pop up as my well of recommendations was running a little dry.
Anyway, the Sesame Street characters (Big BIRD, COUNT Von COUNT, Oscar the GROUCH and Cookie or Telly MONSTER) were clear as day. I wasn't sure whether the angel elements or the fashionable words would be the greens. I took a guess and I wasn't quite right.
So close to the reverse rainbow! Still, my streak is up to 122 wins. Here's my grid:
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
That's all there is to it for today's Connections clues and answers. I'll be back with you all here on Monday. In the meantime, you can check out my weekend editions of this column in my newsletter, Pastimes.
P.S. The Chemical Brothers have a ton of great songs. "Let Forever Be" is probably my favorite, but we're going into the weekend, so let's go with something that's got more of a dancey vibe. Featuring vocals from the great Q-Tip, "Galvanize" is a great track. Friends, my finger is on the button:
Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!
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