This is probably the easiest Connections game of the past week, but “easy” is a relative thing here. If you need hints, you’ll find some further down the page.
What to do once you’re done? Of course, play other word games. I also have Wordle daily cheats and answers, Strands cheats and answers, and Quordle cheats and answers articles if you need help with those too.
SPOILER ALERT: Below is information about NYT Connections today, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections Today (Game #389) – Words of the Day
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- FIREWORKS
- FREEDOM
- COOKIES
- DINNER
- HISTORY
- CHEMISTRY
- REVOLUTION
- DIY
- DATA
- BAR
- Sparks
- KNEES
- RIDE A BIKE
- HIDDEN
- TURN
- ATTRACTION
NYT Connections Today (Game #389) – Clue #1 – Group Clues
What are the clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Lover
- Green: Online storage
- Blue: Go around
- Purple: Before a thing that rings
Need more clues?
We’re now firmly in spoiler territory, but read on if you want to know what the four thematic answers are to today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections Today (Game #389) – Clue #2 – Group Answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP
- GREEN: ITEMS STORED BY A WEB BROWSER
- BLUE: SINGLE ROTATION
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “BELL”
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL DOWN IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections Today (Game #389) – Answers
The answers to today’s Connections game, #389, are…
- GREEN: ITEMS STORED BY A WEB BROWSER CACHE, COOKIES, DATA, HISTORY
- BLUE: SINGLE ROTATION CYCLE, TOUR, REVOLUTION, TOUR
- YELLOW: ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP ATTRACTION, CHEMISTRY, FIREWORKS, SPARKS
- PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE “BELL” BAR, DINNER, FREEDOM, DIY
- My ranking: Easy
- My score: Perfect
This is the easiest connection puzzle I’ve found in several days. Yes, the purple “words before ‘Bell'” group can be tricky, but the other three are all so simple that I doubt many people will even need to solve it.
I started with the green group, “Elements stored by a web browser,” and my eye was immediately drawn to the combination of COOKIES and CACHE. As a website publisher, it would be rather worrying if I didn’t know what that was!
CYCLE, LAP, REVOLUTION and TURN obviously went together. It was the blue group, but it was much easier than those usually are. And there was still yellow and purple. Inevitably, it was the yellow that I found…
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Answers from yesterday’s NYT Connections (Wednesday, July 3, game #388)
- YELLOW: DEVELOP, AS IDEAS BRAINSTORM, IDEATION, SPITBALL, WORKSHOP
- GREEN: TANGIBLE CONCRETE, MATERIAL, REAL, SOLID
- BLUE: TYPES OF CAKES BIRTHDAY, CRUMBS, MARBLE, BOOK
- PURPLE: THINGS WE CAN THROW AWAY, IN METAPHORS CURVEBALL, PARTY, ANGER, KEY
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of the many increasingly popular word games created by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different level of difficulty: green is easy, yellow is a bit harder, blue is often quite hard, and purple is usually very hard.
The good thing is that you don’t need to solve the last problem, because you can answer it by process of elimination. Plus, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you some wiggle room.
It’s a bit more complex than Wordle, though, and the game can trick you a lot. For example, watch out for homophones and other wordplay that might obscure the answers.
It is playable for free via the NYT Games Site on computer or mobile.