NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Sunday, June 9, 2024 (#364)

Puzzle #364. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, June 9, 2024 (puzzle #364) is: YELLOW — FEELING SOME TYPE OF WAY: BITTER, SALTY, SORE, UPSET. GREEN — THROW HERE AND THERE: PEPPER, SCATTER, SPRINKLE, STREW. BLUE — THINGS WITH LAYERS: CAKE, EARTH, ONION, PLYWOOD. PURPLE — ___ POTATO: BAKED, COUCH, HOT, SWEET.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Sunday, June 9, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

SALTY
PEPPER
BAKED
CAKE
SPRINKLE
ONION
BITTER
EARTH
SWEET
SCATTER
COUCH
UPSET
HOT
PLYWOOD
SORE
STREW

How hard is Connections #364?

Medium42/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.

Where to start: Look for the four words that combine with "Potato" — locking that group down removes four red herrings from the rest of the grid.

Connections hints for Sunday, June 9, 2024

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Sunday, June 9, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Sunday, June 9, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Sunday, June 9, 2024 (puzzle #364) is: YELLOW — FEELING SOME TYPE OF WAY: BITTER, SALTY, SORE, UPSET. GREEN — THROW HERE AND THERE: PEPPER, SCATTER, SPRINKLE, STREW. BLUE — THINGS WITH LAYERS: CAKE, EARTH, ONION, PLYWOOD. PURPLE — ___ POTATO: BAKED, COUCH, HOT, SWEET.

What is the purple group in Connections #364?

The purple (hardest) group is "___ POTATO": BAKED, COUCH, HOT, SWEET.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "FEELING SOME TYPE OF WAY" — BITTER, SALTY, SORE, UPSET. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Sunday, June 9, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #364. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.