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Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers, and Help for June 13, #368

Here are some hints, and the answers, for Connections No. 368, Thursday, June 13.

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New York Times Connections word game

Every day, we'll offer up hints, and then answers, for the New York Times' Connections game.

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Need the answers for the Thursday, June 13 New York Times Connections puzzle? To me, Wordle is more of a vocabulary test, but Connections is more of a brainteaser. You're given 16 words and asked to put them into four groups that are somehow connected. Sometimes they're obvious, but the game editor knows how to trick you by using words that can fit in more than one group. 

Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

And do you also play Wordle? We've got today's Wordle answer and hints too.

We've also got today's answer for Strands, a new game from the Times that's still in beta, and some tips for how to play that game.

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Hints for today's Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today's Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest, yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Revel in.

Green group hint: The opposite of a flop or failure.

Blue group hint: Freebies from politicians.

Purple group hint: Phrases including a word for duplicate.

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Answers for today's Connections groups

Yellow group: Enjoy.

Green group: Blockbuster.

Blue group: Campaign swag.

Purple group: Words after copy.

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What are today's Connections answers?

The yellow words in today's Connections

The theme is enjoy. The four answers are appreciate, dig, fancy and like.

The green words in today's Connections

The theme is blockbuster. The four answers are hit, sensation, smash and success.

The blue words in today's Connections

The theme is campaign swag. The four answers are button, hat, shirt and sticker.

The purple words in today's Connections

The theme is words after copy. The four answers are cat, editor, paste and that.

Oh, and extra props to the game editor who arranged four of the words on the original grid to spell out "SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON."

How to play Connections

Playing is easy. Winning is hard. Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four. Click on the four words you think go together. The groups are coded by color, though you don't know what goes where until you see the answers. The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest. Look at the words carefully and think about related terms. Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word. Once, four words were grouped because each started with the name of a rock band, including "Rushmore" and "Journeyman."