NYT Connections hint (Wed, 17 Jun)

Connections got you scratching your head again today? You're not alone! It's a tough puzzle, but completing it isn't a question when you've got your streak on the line.

If you're slowly running out of ideas and your answer quota is rapidly approaching, you might be feeling the heat. Let us help you out with our subtle hints and full answers so your streak can live to see another day!

Click here to play today's NYT Connections puzzle!

Connections hint for Wednesday 17th June

Here are your Connections hints for today:

• 🟨 Yellow hint: A little space.
• 🟩 Green hint: Sass.
• 🟦 Blue hint: From ancient tales.
• 🟪 Purple hint: Birds of a feather... at the beginning, at least.
• Extra hint 1: For one group, it's how it starts that counts!
• Extra hint 2: Every group has at least one word containing the letter 'N'

If you need a bit more help, tap the spoiler text below to reveal one word belonging to each group:

• 🟨 Yellow: Niche
• 🟩 Green: Lip
• 🟦 Blue: Nemesis
• 🟪 Purple: Sortie

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections groups are revealed just below!

Today's Connections groups revealed

If you need an even bigger clue to figure out today's Connections puzzle, below we'll reveal the four correct Connections groups - the themes which link together each set of four words in the Connections grid.

Here are the Connections groups for today:

• 🟨 Yellow: Alcove
• 🟩 Green: Bodily Words for Attitude
• 🟦 Blue: Figures in Greek Myth
• 🟪 Purple: Starting with Synonyms for "Ilk"

Now that you know the themes for the various different Connections in today's puzzle, see if you can solve it! If not, check below for the full answer.

Spoiler warning! Today's Connections answer lies ahead!

Connections answer today

Here is the answer to today's Connections puzzle on Wednesday, 17th June:

• 🟨 Yellow: Alcove (Cavity, Niche, Nook, Recess)
• 🟩 Green: Bodily Words for Attitude (Cheek, Lip, Mouth, Nerve)
• 🟦 Blue: Figures in Greek Myth (Calliope, Echo, Iris, Nemesis)
• 🟪 Purple: Starting with Synonyms for "Ilk" (Classic, Kindle, Sortie, Typeface)

Well, that was a tough one! Connections often has some sort of wordplay that totally trips me up, and this was no different. The purple group is usually where the wordplay is, and as a result, it's usually the last group I manage to sort out. I wish I could say I sort it knowingly, but most of the time it's just through the process of elimination.

Let us know in the comments below how you found today's puzzle! Here's my grid:

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Congratulations if you got today's Connections answer right, with or without the help of our handy hints above! And if you didn't succeed today, don't worry - a new Connections puzzle is released every day at midnight, so you can try again tomorrow, just like with Wordle!