NYT Connections response for today, June 2, 2024

If you are looking for the Connections answer for Sunday June 2, 2024, keep reading: I will share some clues, tips and strategies, and finally the solutions to the four categories. Along the way, I’ll explain the meaning of the trickier words and we’ll learn how it all fits together. Warning, there are spoilers below for June 2, NYT Connections #357! Keep reading if you want some clues (and then the answer) about today’s Connections game.

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Below I’ll give you some oblique hints about today’s Connections answers. And further down the page, I will reveal the themes and answers. Scroll slowly and only follow the clues you need!

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Tips for Today’s Connections Puzzle Themes

Here are some spoiler-free tips for groupings in today’s Connections:

• Yellow Category – Words you might use to describe someone who lacks critical thinking skills or someone who speaks without asking questions.

• Green Category – If you are hired at a startup, you may be offered these items in addition to your salary and benefits.

• Blue Category – These words refer to places in the United States.

• Purple Category – These words can all be described with the same slang term, a term synonymous with terriers.

WARNING: Spoilers follow for today’s Connections puzzle!

We are about to give some of the answers. Scroll slowly if you don’t want everything to get ruined. (The full solution is a little further down.)

A warning about the delicate parts

Today, MOBILE is no longer a word meaning agile. If you pronounce it “mo-beel,” you might have an easier time matching it to the rest of its category.

FOLLOWERS, SHARES, and LIKES are all words you might see on social media, but they don’t go together today.

If you think about the action you perform with SHOVELS, you will have an easier time with today’s purple category.

The SHEEP accompanies the LEMMINGS, but not the BUFFALO.

What are the categories of Today’s Connections?

DOUBLE ATTENTION: THE SOLUTION IS BELOW

Ready to discover the answers to today’s Connections puzzle? I give them all below.

What are the yellow words in today’s Connections?

The yellow group is considered the simplest. Today’s yellow group theme is CONFORMISTS and the words are: FOLLOWERS, LEMMINGS, PUPPETS, SHEEP.

What are the green words in today’s Connections?

The green group is supposed to be the second simplest. Today’s green category theme is BUSINESS OWNERSHIP DEALINGS and the words are: STOCKS, OPTIONS, SHARES, STOCKS.

What are the blue words in today’s Connections?

The blue group is the second most difficult. Today’s blue box theme is US CITIES and the words are: BILLINGS, BUFFALO, MOBILE, PHOENIX.

What are the purple words in today’s Connections?

The purple group is considered the most difficult. Today’s purple category theme is WHAT “DIGS” COULD MEAN and the words are: APARTMENT, INSULTS, LOVES, SHOVELS.

How I Solved Today’s Connections

MOBILE, BUFFALO, BILLINGS and PHOENIX all seem like American cities to me: Mobile, Alabama; Billings, Montana; Buffalo, New York; and Phoenix. 🟦

STOCKS, SHARES, OPTIONS and SHARES are all synonymous with having a monetary investment in a company. 🟩

FOLLOWERS, SHEEP, LEMMINGS and PUPPETS are all words that refer to people who follow blindly or without question. 🟨

That leaves the INSULTS, APARTMENT, LIKES, and SHOVELS. Wow, that’s a tough question. The only thing I see is that each word starts with another word (in, apart, like and pushed), but these words really have nothing to do with each other. Let’s see. 🟪 Oh, these are all words that slang can be called “excavations”.

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How to play Connections

I have plenty of them guide to playing Connectionsbut here is a reminder of the rules:

First, search for the Connections game either on the New York Times website or in their Games app (formerly the Crossword app). You will see a game board made up of 16 tiles, each containing a word or phrase. Your job is to select a group of four tiles that have something in common. Often they are the same type of thing (e.g. RAIN, SLIP, HAIL and SNOW are all types of rainy weather), but sometimes puns are involved (e.g. BUCKET, GUEST, TOP TEN and WISH are all types). of lists: bucket list, guest list, etc.).

Select four items and click the Submit button. If you guessed correctly, the category and color will be revealed. (Yellow is easiest, followed by green, then blue, then purple.) If your answer was incorrect, you will have the opportunity to try again.

You win when you have correctly identified all four groups. But if you make four mistakes before finishing, the game ends and the answers are revealed.

How to gain connections

The most important thing to know about earning Connections is that groupings are designed to be tricky. Expect to see overlapping groups. For example, one puzzle appeared to include six breakfast foods: BACON, EGG, PANCAKE, OMELET, WAFFLE, and CEREAL. But BACON turned out to be part of a group of painters with CLOSE, MUNCH, and WHISTLER, and EGG was part of a group of things that come in dozens (along with JUROR, ROSE, and MONTH). So don’t hit “submit” until you’ve confirmed that your group of four contains only these four things.

If you’re stuck, another strategy is to look at words that seem to have No connection with others. If all that comes to mind when you see WHISTLER is the painting nicknamed “Whistler’s Mother,” you might be on to something. When I solved that one, I ended up Googling if there was a painter named Close, because Close didn’t fit any of the obvious themes either.

Another way to win when you’re stuck is, of course, to read some helpful tips. That’s why we share these tips every day. Come back tomorrow for the next puzzle!