Today's Connections Hints & Answers For June 27, 2024 (Puzzle #381)

In today's , it is all about chasing down the right connections between the words and examining the little details. There are definitely a couple of tricky words in there, and finding the right categories for the right words can be challenging. However, if you need a little help we are there to give you a nudge in the right direction.

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Getting the right tools for the job can prove to be tricky if you do not know where to start. Luckily, the right tools for are often understanding what the categories are. Many can solve the puzzle based on that knowledge alone. To that end, here are the categories for today's puzzle.

PURSUIT

ROMANTIC LETTER SIGN-OFFS

GROUP WITHIN A GROUP

GOLD ___

PURSUIT

CHASE

HUNT

QUEST

SEARCH

In pursuit of the right connections, this was the easiest of the categories by far today. Nothing else really had words that would fit together in the same way, and the definitions here felt more clear. No doubt there are other definitions for these words, but today seeing them all together it made complete sense.

ROMANTIC LETTER SIGN-OFFS

ALWAYS

KISSES

LOVE

YOURS

MINE was a bit of a red herring for this category, but once it felt like these were sign-offs of some kind rather than a «yours, mine, and ours» situation, it seemed clearer that MINE did not belong. Luckily with the added romantic theme, it was easier to identify them instead of adding in other sign-offs that would feel more disconnected.

The New York Times Vertex game asks you to form a picture by connecting dots, but you have to understand the image to solve this