This is the archived NYT Connections puzzle for Friday, June 14, 2024, game #369—not today’s live puzzle. Read the four graduated hints first; the full groups and answers appear below the spoiler warning.
Hints for Connections #369
Try these in order if you want a nudge without seeing the solutions. The hints move from broad to more revealing.
- Things you write.
- All one color.
- Alfa, Bravo, Charlie.
- 1+1.
The 16 tiles were YANKEE, PAPER, DEPUTY, FLAMINGO, ERASER, SILVER MEDAL, BUBBLE GUM, REPORT, PENCIL, VICTOR, DEREK JETER, HOTEL, ESSAY, FOXTROT, CARNATION, and ARTICLE. TechRadar’s Marc McLaren published this puzzle-specific report on June 13, 2024, identifying it as the next day’s game, #369: TechRadar’s hints and answers for June 14.
Spoiler warning: full answers below
The following section reveals all four categories and their words.
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Answers for Friday, June 14, 2024
| Color | Category | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Writing assignments | ARTICLE, ESSAY, PAPER, REPORT |
| Green | Things that are pink | BUBBLE GUM, CARNATION, ERASER, FLAMINGO |
| Blue | NATO phonetic alphabet | FOXTROT, HOTEL, VICTOR, YANKEE |
| Purple | Associated with #2 | DEPUTY, DEREK JETER, PENCIL, SILVER MEDAL |
How the “associated with #2” group works
The purple group links four different meanings of second: a deputy is a second-in-command; Derek Jeter wore number 2; a pencil can be graded No. 2; and a silver medal is awarded for second place. These are the connections behind the category label, rather than four items from a single subject area.
Why the categories can be tricky
NYT describes Connections as a 16-word puzzle in which players sort the tiles into four groups of four that share a theme. The game has one intended solution, but words can appear to fit more than one category; the Times says editors curate the words and category selection using the Oxford Dictionary. See the NYT Help Center’s Connections guide for the rules.
McLaren characterized this particular puzzle as hard and reported that he made two mistakes. That is his personal result, not a measure of how players generally performed. He also questioned whether ERASER was a convincing example of something pink and whether Derek Jeter would be familiar to an international audience; those are the writer’s reactions, not official NYT commentary.
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The NYT Help Center says the daily puzzle releases at midnight in the player’s timezone and lists the NYT Games app, nytimes.com/games/connections, nytimes.com/theathletic, and the News app as ways to play. It also says the archive goes back to June 12, 2023 and is available to eligible All Access and Games subscribers. Archive play can count toward puzzle statistics but does not affect streaks, and the archive is not available in the News app’s Play tab. Subscription names and access terms can change, so check the current Help Center before relying on eligibility details.
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