Today's Connections Hints & Answers For June 18, 2024 (Puzzle #372)

Today's feels like a puzzle with words such as DIAMONDS, SWORD, and UMBRELLA all hanging about. To our disappointment, this was not the connection the game was looking for, and we had to look for other groupings to save the day. Luckily, this puzzle is not as challenging as past ones, particularly if you know what to look for.

After finishing, you could go and replay again to keep the theming going. However, if that is not your speed you could instead trying solving the NYT of the day. Instead of putting multiple words together, you will be putting letters together to make a single word. This can be just as challenging and very satisfying when you get it right.

Wordle is a simple daily word game that has taken the internet by storm. With only 6 chances to get the right answer, players may need a little help.

So if not just what are the categories of the day? Not to fear, we managed to put all the categories in the table below while running from Mr. X for you to benefit from.

REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS

HIDE FROM VIEW

DRINK GARNISHES

FIRST WORD IN BOND MOVIE TITLES

REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS

CHANNEL

MENU

POWER

VOLUME

This one stood out not because of a remote control but because of POWER and VOLUME seemingly going together. MENU and CHANNEL also had a fair number of similar vibes. We got this one more on luck because of those two things, but fortunately, this gamble paid off.

HIDE FROM VIEW

BLOCK

COVER

SCREEN

SHIELD

BLOCK and SHIELD stood out as having similar meanings, even though for a little while it seemed like SHIELD might go with SWORD and DIAMONDS — only partially because of the imagery. However, once we saw SCREEN and COVER as well, it made too much sense for a category all about protecting something to exist and luckily we were right.

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.

DRINK GARNISHES

CHERRY

OLIVE

SWORD

UMBRELLA

The closest we get to