Today's Connections Hints & Answers For July 3, 2024 (Puzzle #387)

Spitballing answers is one way to attempt to solve today's puzzle, but luckily for you we have all the hints and tips you need to not have to resort to those measures. Players who want to keep their streaks can rest content knowing that there is help. Below we have category names and answers for those who need that final nudge to finish the puzzle.

Once you have finished today's puzzle, you should try out today's puzzle. has a very similar gameplay loop, using similar logic to come up with a word as opposed to a category. You havesix chances to come up with this word, deducing which letters go where as you solve the puzzle.

The Letter Boxed game for the New York Times mobile app asks you to connect letters to form words while using various strategies to win quickly.

As per usual, there are four categories ranging from easy to difficult in today's puzzle. There are a few red herrings, but nothing too crazy today. For those who just need a nudge, here are the categories:

DEVELOP, AS IDEAS

TANGIBLE

KINDS OF CAKE

THINGS YOU CAN THROW, IN METAPHORS

DEVELOP, AS IDEAS

BRAINSTORM

IDEATE

SPITBALL

WORKSHOP

This was a nice starter for the categories today, as seeing BRAINSTORM and IDEATE together triggered the old brain. SPITBALL was slotted in fairly quickly after that, and once we saw WORKSHOP we knew it had to mean ruminating on ideas rather than a physical workshop space.

TANGIBLE

CONCRETE

MATERIAL

REAL

SOLID

This one was a little more difficult, but the ideas are nicely contradictory to the previous category, representing tangible things rather than ideas.CONCRETE and MATERIAL were the first clues, and it was not long before REAL could be added to them. SOLID was the final piece for this category's solution.

The Spelling Bee puzzles created as a New York Times game build a streak of correct answers to get you more points, but they can be hard to keep.

KINDS OF CAKE

BIRTHDAY

CRUMB

MARBLE

POUND

At first, we thought MARBLE and CONCRETE might belong