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 Wednesday’s:
Hey there, Connectors! I hope you’ve had a fabulous week so far.
This is a big day and not only because the Nintendo Switch 2 is finally out in the world. I reached a 99-game Connections winning streak yesterday. That’s by far my longest streak (my previous best was 32). A win today will take me into double figures. That would be quite nice. Ultimately meaningless in the grand scheme of the universe, but arbitrary numbers do something to our brains.
I want to feel those endorphins hit hard as my streak counter tips over into double figures. I’m ready. Let’s do this.
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Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, June 5 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.
Aside from the first 60 games or so, you should be able to find our hints Google if you need them! Just click here and add the date of the game for which you need clues or the answers to the search query.
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…
- PIPE
- EVE
- SUMMER
- APPLE
- SNAKE
- RIM
- CROW
- VERGE
- BUMPER
- TURNER
- PLUNGER
- SPOILER
- BRINK
- WRENCH
- GRILLE
- CUSP
And the hints for today’s Connections groups are:
- Yellow group — almost there…
- Green group — water lot of stuff
- Blue group — Xzibit surely saw many of these on an MTV show he hosted in the 2000s
- Purple group — if it makes you happy, Steve McQueen, none of these are criminals. In fact, their talent is hot stuff
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…
- Yellow group — EVE
- Green group — PIPE
- Blue group — SPOILER
- Purple group — CROW
What Are Today’s Connections Groups?
Today’s Connections groups are…
- Yellow group — precipice
- Green group — plumbing equipment
- Blue group — ways to modify a car’s exterior
- Purple group — Best Female Rock Performance Grammy winners
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…
- Yellow group — precipice (BRINK, CUSP, EVE, VERGE)
- Green group — plumbing equipment (PIPE, PLUNGER, SNAKE, WRENCH)
- Blue group — ways to modify a car’s exterior (BUMPER, GRILLE, RIM, SPOILER)
- Purple group — Best Female Rock Performance Grammy winners (APPLE, CROW, SUMMER, TURNER)
I found it quite interesting that both PIPE and APPLE carried over from yesterday’s game! RIM could have gone with the car-related stuff but I thought it made more sense with VERGE, BRINK and CUSP. But no! I was one away from a group there. I realized a moment later that EVE should go with those three. I blame the EVE, SNAKE and APPLE red herring for me getting that wrong at first.
No more drama. It was all pretty straightforward from there. I got the greens then the blues no problem.
I should have at least recognized the performers in the purples but alas, I did not. They refer to Fiona APPLE, Sheryl CROW, Donna SUMMER (who won for “Hot Stuff,” which is more of a disco song, I’d say) and Tina TURNER.
Crow, Turner and Pat Benatar each won this Grammy category four times before it was rightfully merged with the male equivalent into the Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance category (which itself was discontinued).
Anyway, I am into triple digits with a Connections streak for the first time ever! I don’t care that I got here without getting a perfect game at the end.
It feels like a nice little achievement to reach this point for the first time, especially after only looking up things once on this run (I had to Google those types of penguins a few weeks ago!). Anyway, for the record, here’s how I fared with this one:
🟦🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦
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That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Friday’s game if you need them.
P.S. I’m gonna have to go with a song from one of the performers in the purple group. I really love “Soak Up The Sun” by Sheryl Crow. It’s such a great summer song and it has a nice message about having a positive attitude.
Somewhat ironically, I spent pretty much an entire summer listening to C’mon, C’mon (the album this is song is from), Come Away With Me by Norah Jones and Audioslave’s self-titled debut while staying inside and playing a video game with my friends.
I’m gonna try to do a better job of taking the song’s title to heart this summer (remember to wear sunscreen and take other heat precautions!):
Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Call someone you love!
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