NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, June 2 (game #722)

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #722) - today's words

Today's NYT Connections words are…

• SPHYNX
• TREASURE
• MARKDOWN
• ODYSSEY
• JACKPOT
• FRANKINCENSE
• MYRRH
• VALUE
• NYMPH
• JOURNEY
• ESTEEM
• NICKNAME
• VOYAGE
• PRIZE
• RHYTHM
• QUEST

NYT Connections today (game #722) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: An epic trip 
• GREEN: Cherish
• BLUE: Why not?
• PURPLE: Okay then

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #722) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: EXPEDITION 
• GREEN: HOLD DEAR
• BLUE: WORDS WHOSE ONLY VOWEL IS "y"
• PURPLE: NAMES ENDING IN "K" PLUS WORD

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #722) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #722, are…

• YELLOW: EXPEDITION JOURNEY, ODYSSEY, QUEST, VOYAGE
• GREEN: HOLD DEAR ESTEEM, PRIZE, TREASURE, VALUE
• BLUE: WORDS WHOSE ONLY VOWEL IS "y" MYRRH, NYMPH, RHYTHM, SPHYNX
• PURPLE: NAMES ENDING IN "K" PLUS WORD FRANKINCENSE, JACKPOT, MARKDOWN, NICKNAME

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• My rating: Easy
• My score: Perfect

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As someone who considers going to the supermarket akin to a mythical QUEST, the four words that made up the yellow EXPEDITION group were an easy spot. The rest of today’s puzzle? Less so.

The letter Y isn’t strictly a vowel, but is classified as such when there is no other vowel or when it is found at the end of a word. I looked this up afterwards as the only reason I got MYRRH, NYMPH, RHYTHM, SPHYNX as a group is that they had a Y in the middle of the word.

By the same reasoning I should have also gotten NAMES ENDING IN "K" PLUS WORD but by this point I was done – or donezo as they say on reality TV. 

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

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Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, June 1, game #721)

• YELLOW: LOCAL WATERING HOLE DIVE, ESTABLISHMENT, HAUNT, JOINT
• GREEN: COMPETE IN A MODERN PENTATHLON FENCE, RIDE, SHOOT, SWIM
• BLUE: ENSURE, AS A VICTORY CINCH, GUARANTEE, ICE, LOCK
• PURPLE: ___ FUND HEDGE, MUTUAL, SLUSH, TRUST

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What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.