Finding the right Connections in today’s puzzle may be a bit tricky due to the similarity of words throughout each category. There are a lot of interrelated words and words with double meanings, so a few hints to light your way will not go amiss. With the right categories in mind, you can solve the puzzle and feel confident about your winning streak.

Getting your Connections streak is one thing, but keeping your Wordle history positive might be a bit harder at times. There is a lot more logic to think through and many, many words to keep track of. However, with the right logic you can understand where the letters go and what to keep in mind as you go. As usual with these types of games, you will get better with time.

Today’s Connections Category Hints

JUNE 20 #374

Knowing the categories should be helpful if you still want to solve the puzzle on your own but with a little nudge from us. However, some of these categories still have crossover, so if you find yourself with one mistake left, you can view the spoiled answers below the table.

	BITS OF HARDWARE
	FISHING GEAR
	HAIR SALON FIXTURES
	LIGHTNING ___

Today’s Connections Answers

JUNE 20 #374

Yellow Answers: Revealed & Explained

BITS OF HARDWARE
NAIL	NUT	SCREW	WASHER

This category is an easy one to guess, but a hard one to narrow down. In addition to the words here, HOOK, BOLT, and ROD could all technically fit in here, with HOOK and BOLT being the most frustrating. However, knowing the categories makes it much more manageable than it was for us, as BOLT would easily go with Lightning and HOOK makes the most sense in the next category.

Green Answers: Revealed & Explained

FISHING GEAR
FLY	HOOK	LINE	SINKER

This category is easier once the four previously established words are gone and you can eliminate them from your guesses. And, once those words are gone, it is more obvious that the rest of the words, even if they are unclear, do not fit in with these ones in this context. Even if you do not know much about fishing, there is a phrase, “HOOK, LINE, and SINKER” that might clue you in and you just have to determine the fourth word.

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Blue Answers: Revealed & Explained

HAIR SALON FIXTURES
CHAIR	DRYER	MIRROR	SINK

WASHER and DRYER not going together was a bit sad, as it reminded me of the apartment that had them in separate rooms so you had to open and close doors to do your laundry. However, that being said DRYER, MIRROR, and SINK all felt like bathroom-adjacent words, and with nothing else to really go off of we tested CHAIR and luckily it was correct.

Purple Answers: Revealed & Explained

LIGHTNING ___
BOLT	BUG	ROD	STRIKE

Lightning-in-a-bottle is hard to achieve, and they have captured a fair number of lightning-related words here. Lightning BOLT and STRIKE are very nearly the same thing, and a Lightning ROD exists to prevent either of those things from being devastating to nearby pedestrians who might have gone outside attempting to catch a Lightning BUG.

Other Games Like Connections

First, you should go attempt to capture Lightning Bugs like you are a child again. Once you have done that, come back and play one of the browser-based games in the table below:

Connections

Released

June 12, 2023

Developer(s)

The New York Times Company

Publisher(s)

The New York Times Company

Genre(s)

ESRB

Platform(s)

Web Browser , Mobile

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