Today’s Connections hint and answer on 16th June for 371

Hint for today’s Connections answer

Instead of jumping straight to the answer, let’s start with some hints for today’s Connections puzzle:

• Yellow – Words used to talk about how things are.
• Green – Remote areas far from cities.
• Blue – Objects placed on lawns.
• Purple – Words that go well with Tale.
• Form belongs in the Yellow group, Bush in Green, and Fountain in Blue.

Remember – Yellow is the easiest group to find followed by Green and Blue, with Purple being the hardest set of words to connect.

Connection words for 16th June

Here’s the words included in today’s Connections puzzle – see if the clues above help you form a connection before we visit today’s answer:

Connections answer for 16th June

Without further ado, here’s the Connections answer for today:

• Current Situation – Condition, Form, Shape, State.
• Remote Rural Area – Bush, Country, Sticks, Woods.
• Classic Lawn Ornaments – Flamingo, Fountain, Gnome, Pinwheel.
• ___Tale – Fairy, Fish, Folk, Tall.

Considering the words available in today’s puzzle, I decided to focus on concrete objects that would be easier to group together instead of words that could have multiple meanings to confuse me. The first group I found was the Green one by connecting words based on their relation to rural areas. Next, my strategy helped me find the second group, the Blue one. Fountain was an important word to ground the meaning of the other terms. Then, with the remaining words, I formed the last two groups.

What to play after Connections?

The obvious answer to this question is Wordle, but, if you’ve already solved that today, then The New York Times does offer other games. When it comes to word-based games, The NYTimes has the Mini Crossword, Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed and Strands, which is still in its beta phase. If you fancy a break from words, then you can also try Tiles – a motif matching game – or Sudoku.

Outside of The NYTimes, there’s Semantle – where you have to reach the secret word by guessing its meaning. Spelling doesn’t count in Semantle, instead you have to pay attention to the numerical value your guesses have to chart your path to the answer. If you’d prefer to keep to the Connections format, however, then it’s worth visiting Puzzgrid. Here you’ll find hundreds of Connections-style puzzles, the twist, however, is that you only have three minutes to solve them.

(You can also just watch Only Connect on BBC iPlayer…)

If you’re in a reading mood, then we’ve discussed why The NYTimes Mini Crossword is a reliable joy and interviewed Jonathan Knight, Head of Games for The NYTimes.

Good luck solving today’s Connections!