New York Times Connections Hints and Answers for #370 June 15, 2024

Connections is a short daily word game that was created by the New York Times. This free-to-play game seems simple at first blush, but it can get incredibly difficult if you are unfamiliar with any of the words, the categories, or are just unlucky.

If you already know how to play Connections and are lost on today’s puzzle, this article is for you. In this, you can find all sorts of helpful hints from spoilers to general hints to the whole answer to the puzzle. And all of these are in expandable sections, covered up so you don’t spoil too much for yourself all at once.

Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #370 for June 15, 2024

The Connections puzzle for today contains the words: Sole, Flower, Floater, Bounce, Three, Body, Problem, Poster, Lift, Dunk, Only, Skate, Perch, Volume, Layup, and Pike.

What is the Definition of Sole?

Sole is one of those English words that has tons of different definitions. Here is a list of all of them:

• The bottom of your foot or a shoe.
• The lower part of an object.
• The underside of a plane.
• A European flatfish.
• The part of a gold club that touches the ground.
• A verb meaning to put the sole on a shoe.
• To set a golf club on the ground to get ready to hit a golf ball.
• To be unmatched.
• To be alone or unmarried.
• Exclusive.
• “Functioning automatically or with independent power: the sole authority,” according to Dictionary.com.
• The single-most, or the only one.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

Today’s puzzle can be challenging even with a little help. If you are stuck, take a look at some of the clues in this section to get you back on track in this minimalist puzzle game.

General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

1. One of the categories is about marine life.

2. None of these categories are about body parts.

3. Perch and Pike belong in the same category.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer:
Things you might see during a basketball game.

Yellow Connections Category Answer

The category for the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Basketball Shots.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforward
Connections
is
Basketball Shots.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:

Dunk, Floater, Layup, Three.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Green Connections Category Answer

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

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

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

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Perch, Pike, Skate, Sole.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer:
Words in a shampoo commercial.

Blue Connections Category Answer

The category for the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Qualities of Thick Hair.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficult
Connections
is
Qualities of Thick Hair.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Body, Bounce, Lift, Volume.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer:
All four of these can be followed up by the same noun to make four common phrases.

Purple Connections Category Answer

The category for the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
____ Child.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty in
Connections
is
____ Child.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:
Flower, Only, Poster, Problem.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #370 for June 15, 2024

If you want to see the complete answer for today’s New York Times GamesConnections, it is in the expandable section below. Click the Read More button to see all four categories and the words that go in them.

• Yellow – Basketball Shots
  : Dunk, Floater, Layup, Three
• Green – Fish
  : Perch, Pike, Skate, Sole
• Blue – Qualities of Thick Hair
  : Body, Bounce, Lift, Volume
• Purple – ____ Child
  : Flower, Only, Poster, Problem

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