NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (#373)

Puzzle #373. 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 Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (puzzle #373) is: YELLOW — REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS: CHANNEL, MENU, POWER, VOLUME. GREEN — HIDE FROM VIEW: BLOCK, COVER, SCREEN, SHIELD. BLUE — DRINK GARNISHES: CHERRY, OLIVE, SWORD, UMBRELLA. PURPLE — FIRST WORD IN BOND MOVIE TITLES: CASINO, DIAMONDS, QUANTUM, TOMORROW.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

POWER
CASINO
UMBRELLA
CHERRY
DIAMONDS
SWORD
SHIELD
TOMORROW
OLIVE
MENU
QUANTUM
SCREEN
BLOCK
VOLUME
COVER
CHANNEL

How hard is Connections #373?

Easy30/100
  • Four clean, meaning-based categories with little overlap.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Tuesday, June 18, 2024

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

NYT Connections answers for Tuesday, June 18, 2024

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, June 18, 2024?

The NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (puzzle #373) is: YELLOW — REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS: CHANNEL, MENU, POWER, VOLUME. GREEN — HIDE FROM VIEW: BLOCK, COVER, SCREEN, SHIELD. BLUE — DRINK GARNISHES: CHERRY, OLIVE, SWORD, UMBRELLA. PURPLE — FIRST WORD IN BOND MOVIE TITLES: CASINO, DIAMONDS, QUANTUM, TOMORROW.

What is the purple group in Connections #373?

The purple (hardest) group is "FIRST WORD IN BOND MOVIE TITLES": CASINO, DIAMONDS, QUANTUM, TOMORROW.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS" — CHANNEL, MENU, POWER, VOLUME. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #373. 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.