These are the hints and answers for the New York Times Connections puzzle from Friday, June 28, 2024—game #383, not the puzzle published today. If you’re solving it, start with the word grid and hints below; the complete groups are farther down, after a spoiler warning.
June 28, 2024 Connections word grid
The 16 words in game #383 were:
BRIEF · WORD · MESSENGER · LICENSE · PROMPT · SLACK · SIGNAL · CLUTCH · SHORT · DRAWER · BOXER · FREEDOM · TOTE · LATITUDE · SATCHEL · CUE
Hints for the four groups
Try these clues before reading the category names:
- Yellow: Carriers; things you keep belongings in.
- Green: Room for movement; leeway.
- Blue: A go-ahead notification; a green light.
- Purple: Worn next to the skin; the terms make more sense as plurals.
Spoiler warning: June 28 Connections categories and answers
The category labels and all 16 answers are below.
Yellow — Types of bags
CLUTCH, MESSENGER, SATCHEL, TOTE
Green — Wiggle room
FREEDOM, LATITUDE, LICENSE, SLACK
Blue — Indication to proceed
CUE, PROMPT, SIGNAL, WORD
Purple — Underwear in the singular
BOXER, BRIEF, DRAWER, SHORT
How Connections works
The New York Times Help Center explains that players receive 16 words and must find four groups of four sharing a common link. Each puzzle has one solution, though some words may appear to fit more than one category. The groups are color-coded from yellow (easiest) through green and blue to purple (trickiest); editors curate the words and categories using the Oxford Dictionary. The daily game releases at midnight in the player’s timezone. New York Times Help Center: Connections
Can you replay the June 28 puzzle?
The NYT Help Center says the Connections archive extends back to June 12, 2023 and is available to All Access and Games subscribers. It lists the NYT Games app, nytimes.com/games/connections, nytimes.com/theathletic, and the News app as places to play. Subscription entitlements and app interfaces can change, so check the current NYT Games access information for your account. See the NYT Help Center’s Connections information
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Sources for this answer key
TechRadar and Forbes independently report the June 28, 2024 grid and the same four answer sets: TechRadar’s June 28 Connections guide and Forbes’ June 28 Connections guide.
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