Each day’s game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. Before today’s NYT Connections hints, here’s what you missed on Monday:

Hey there, Connectors! I hope your week is off to a lovely start.

I joined a few new Discord communities recently that led me to rethink how I communicate based on the space I’m in. In our Connectors Corner Discord (more on that in a second), I previously wrote in a slightly more formal manner with proper sentence case, as I do on Bluesky and when writing stories for work, such as this one.

But I’m a millennial. I grew up in chatrooms. Capital letters were alien in those spaces. I almost never used them, even though I refrained from textspeak. Nor do I really use capital letters in the Slack channels I spend all day in at work.

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So rather than remembering which Discord communities I use sentence case in and which I don’t, I decided to make things a little easier for myself and go all lowercase, all the time, except for proper nouns and when there might be some confusion (i.e. “us” vs. “U.S.”).

This is of no consequence to anyone at all other than me. But these are the kinds of issues that plague my mind on a daily basis. And now you know another little thing about me.

Before we start, I want to highlight the rad community we have on Discord , where we chat about Connections , the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. It’s a lovely group of folks. You’re more than welcome to join us.

Also, my weekend editions of this column are available over on my newsletter, Pastimes . If you enjoy the intros and recommendations in my Connections columns, I publish longer pieces along similar lines on Pastimes as well. I think you’d dig them.

Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, June 23 are coming right up. Let’s get rolling!

NYT Connections – How To Play

Connections is a free New York Times daily word game that you can play on the NYT ’s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive, which includes every previous game.

Connections presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don’t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that’s what you have to figure out.

There’s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it’s game over.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs – part of the fun of Connections is in how the NYT shakes things up to keep you on your toes.

As with Wordle and similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.

Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow – correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.

Today’s NYT Connections Word List

Scroll slowly! I’ll first give you a list of today’s words, then a hint for each category. After that, I’ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I’ll tell you the category names, followed by the full answers.

  • MONEY
  • YANKEES
  • HOTEL
  • FOXTROT
  • MODERN
  • FIREPLACE
  • POPULAR
  • DEED
  • EMPEROR
  • FEATURED
  • TOKEN
  • TAP
  • RECENT
  • SWING
  • EARTH
  • TRENDING

Today’s NYT Connections Hints

And the hints for today’s Connections groups are:

  • 🟨 Yellow group — getcha groove on
  • 🟩 Green group — take a wrong chance here and you just might go to jail
  • 🟦 Blue group — ways to see what's going on
  • 🟪 Purple group — linked by a cloaked homonym, perhaps

NYT Connections – One Answer Per Group

Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.

Let’s take a look at one answer for each group.

  • 🟨 Yellow group — SWING
  • 🟩 Green group — TOKEN
  • 🟦 Blue group — FEATURED
  • 🟪 Purple group — YANKEES

Today’s NYT Connections Categories

Today’s Connections groups are...

  • 🟨 Yellow group — dance styles
  • 🟩 Green group — in a Monopoly box
  • 🟦 Blue group — online content sorting options
  • 🟪 Purple group — things with mantles/mantels

Today’s NYT Connections Answers

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Today’s Connections answers are...

I am far too online for my own good, so I got the blues right away. The yellows were up next after I figured that there weren't quite enough NATO phonetic alphabet words to form a group alongside FOXTROT.

I’m glad I drew a link between HOTEL and TOKEN being Monopoly things, because I would not have stood a chance with the purple group. I'll sheepishly take a 478th win in a row and get out of dodge.

How did you get on this time? Here's my grid:

Want to know more about how everything fits together? Let’s explore today’s game in more depth in my NYT Connections Answers Explained column. You can check that out by visiting my author page .

That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for tomorrow’s game if you need them.

P.S. The Spice Girls have a lot of real good songs, and “Say You’ll Be There” is one of my faves. It got stuck in my head earlier, so here’s a little blast from the past for you:

Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!

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