NYT “Connections” hints June 10: Answers and clues for game #365

Word-based association game Connections has earned a loyal fan base deciphering the answers for the daily puzzle in the year since it launched.

Connections, which has word-based gamers sorting through a series of words to sift out the links between them, is one of The New York Times‘ most popular puzzles.

Like Wordle, a word-based game that took the English-speaking world by storm during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Connections quickly gained both success and a dedicated set of players trying each day to crack the categories.

How to Play Connections

The idea of the game is to sort a total of 16 words into four categories, each made up of four words. The words in each category all share something in common and it’s your goal to figure out what exactly that is.

The categories differ in difficulty—those in the blue category tend to be the easiest to guess. After that, there are the yellow and green categories, and those words lighting up purple are often the hardest to guess. Some words may have several meanings and could fall into a number of categories, so watch out for those.

Once you make your selections, you can press “submit” and see if you’re right. If you’re not, you’ll lose one of four lives, so make sure to think through your answers.

Connections #365 clues for Monday, June 10

To help you on your way, Newsweek has compiled a few hints to help you deduce each of today’s Connections categories.

Yellow: The words in this category all relate to the word “core.”

Green: This category is looking for you to think of all the different ways of describing something that is complicated.

Blue: For this, think about how you may write a list.

Purple: All of the words in this category are ways of expressing the word “cross.”

Connections #365 Answers for Monday, June 10

Yellow Category: Core

Yellow Words: Crux, Essence, Heart, Substance

Green Category: Complicated

Green Words: Baroque, Complex, Elaborate, Involved

Blue Category: Symbols used in making lists

Blue Words: Arrow, Bullet, Checkbox, Hyphen

Purple Category: What “cross” might mean

Purple Words: Angry, Betray, Crucifix, Hybrid

If you managed to guess all the answers correctly, well done! If not, there will be a new game released tomorrow with another chance to guess all of the categories, and Newsweek will be back with more tips and tricks to help you along.