Today's Connections Hints & Answers For June 28, 2024 (Puzzle #382)

In , there are often definitions of words you might be unfamiliar with, and that could well be the case in today's puzzle. This puzzle employs connecting different words for the same objects but from different dialects of English instead of other types of synonyms. This can make it hard if you have not been exposed to dialects from other countries or known what was being said when you were.

If you like playing with words in, you might also enjoy playing with words in . It is another NYT puzzle where you have to connect letters to make words around a box without landing on the same side twice in a row. It can be quite tricky but that also makes it very rewarding when you get it right.

The Tiles game for the New York Times mobile app asks you to use various strategies to pair matching visual patterns together to build huge combos.

Simply knowing the categories can go a long way toward figuring out a puzzle, and for those that only need that nudge, we have all the categories listed here without answers so you can figure it out yourself. For others, the answers are listed down below.

TYPES OF BAGS

WIGGLE ROOM

INDICATION TO PROCEED

UNDERWEAR IN THE SINGULAR

TYPES OF BAGS

CLUTCH

MESSENGER

SATCHEL

TOTE

This one was quite fun and reminded us of all the bags we have collected over the years. A CLUTCH for a night out, a TOTE for bringing home groceries or taking towels to the beach, a MESSENGER bag to take your laptop to school, and a SATCHEL, for when you have no idea what kind of bag it actually is.

WIGGLE ROOM

FREEDOM

LICENSE

LATITUDE

SLACK

LICENSE seems to be an odd way to describe Wiggle Room when the biggest cultural reference is «license to kill.» That's two James Bond references in a row for us since one appeared in yesterday's puzzle as well. However, it does make sense that it belongs in this category, but maybe the category itself could be worded better. That being said LICENSE and SLACK even in this context do not seem to have the same