Connections is a New York Times puzzle game where players have to figure out “connections” between various words and arrange them into groups of four. The NYT Connections puzzle today loved whales and city nicknames! To help you out, we decided to break down all the categories and answers for the Connections puzzle for June 23!
What is “Connections”?
NYT’s ‘Connections’ is a puzzle game that’s all the hype on social media these days. You will find people solving and sharing their successes and failures on platforms like X (formerly Twitter), and more. The game is managed by Wyna Liu, NYT’s associate puzzle editor. Connections gives players 16 random words that must be divided into categories they don’t know.
What Are Today’s Connections Hints?
Let’s begin with some quick hints for today’s Connections themes. Check them out and see if you can guess any.
- Yellow Category – Often said to kids in classrooms
- Green Category – Vitamin C helps with this
- Blue Category – Features found in a water mammal
- Purple Category – Even cities can have nicknames
We wish we could go into more detail here, but these hints are the best we can share. However, if you still can’t find them, read on to get some more help with today’s Connections.
Categories for Today’s Connections Puzzle
Need more help with today’s NYT Connections puzzle? Here are today’s categories:
- Yellow – “SETTLE DOWN”
- Green – MINOR AILMENTS
- Blue – WHAT HUMPBACK WHALES DO
- Purple – _ _ _ CITY NICKNAMES
While you are here, you should also check out the hints and answers for today’s NYT Strands.
We hope you can guess the words under each category now. However, If you still cannot and need more help, keep reading.
Answers for Today’s Connections Game (June 23)
Are you still stuck with the Connections puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:
- “SETTLE DOWN” – Easy, Enough, Quiet, Relax
- MINOR AILMENTS – Bug, Chill, Cold, Cough
- WHAT HUMPBACK WHALES DO – Breach, Dive, Sing, Spout
- _ _ _ CITY NICKNAMES – Magic, Motor, Sin, Windy
The Connections puzzle for June 23 while not fully difficult had its share of a curve. I began my solving the Yellow category since I am so used to telling people to shut up. (Joke) The Green category came next and as someone with a weak immune system, this was easy to get.
The Blue category by itself was one solved by a lot of Googling since I confused spout for a tap.
With all that sorted, I connected the last four words together to get the Purple category and the NYT Connections puzzle for June 23!
How was your experience with Connections today? Where did you get stuck if you did? Let us know in the comments below.
Sanmay Chakrabarti
