New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #360 June 5, 2024

Connections

By Mina Smith

Published Jun 4, 2024

Connections has another challenging collection of sixteen seemingly-random words to sort into categories. If you are stumbling with this difficult puzzle, you might be looking for a helpful hand to get you through it.

This article is for those who already know all the rules of how to play Connections, but need some help with today's puzzle. In this article, you can find some general clues, help with individual categories, category spoilers, and even the whole answer at the very bottom of this page.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #360 for June 5, 2024

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The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Nice, Ring, Style, Point, Kind, Stick, Tender, Message, Sweet, Type, Drift, Sick, Sort, Wing, Cool, and Idea.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle #360 for June 5, 2024

If you want a hint or two, this is the section you will want to look through. Find the header of the type of clue you want to see, then press the Read More button below it to get the full hint. This should help you solve this challenging puzzle game.

General Hints for Connections Puzzle #360

Here are some hints:

1. None of these categories are about kindness.

2. One of these categories is about food, but it's not "Chicken ____."

3. Ring and Stick belong in the same category.

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer in this innovative puzzle game : That's really fun!

The category for the yellow/straightforward Connections is "Awesome!"

The answer to the yellow/straightforward Connections is "Awesome!"

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Cool, Nice, Sick, Sweet.

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer: Breed, Classification.

The category for the green/medium difficulty Connections is Variety.

The answer to the green/medium difficulty Connections is Variety.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Kind, Sort, Style, Type.

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer: The notion, the summary, the thrust of it.

The category for the blue/difficult Connections is Gist.

The answer to the blue/difficult Connections is Gist.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Drift, Idea, Message, Point.

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in this iPhone-friendly puzzle game : Fried food before a meal.

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Fried Appetizer, Informally.

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in Connections is Fried Appetizer, Informally.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are: Ring, Stick, Tender, Wing.

Answers for Today's NYT Connections #360 for June 5, 2024

If you are still stuck and just want to see the full spoiler, check out the expandable section below. It contains the entire answer for the New York Times GamesConnections for today.

Yellow - "Awesome!" : Cool, Nice, Sick, Sweet
Green - Variety : Kind, Sort, Style, Type
Blue - Gist : Drift, Idea, Message, Point
Purple - Fried Appetizer, Informally : Ring, Stick, Tender, Wing