NYT Connections hints and answers for today – Tuesday, June 3

NYT Connections is back with another thrilling puzzle. Struggling with today’s Connections puzzle from The New York Times ? You’re not alone! If today’s grid has you scratching your head, we’ve got the full rundown of hints and answers to help you solve it without losing all your lives. As always, remember: the game only gives you four chances to group the 16 words into four correct categories. Scroll carefully—this article starts with helpful clues and gradually builds to the full solution, so you can decide how much of a nudge you need.

What is NYT Connections?
Connections is a daily word game from The New York Times where players are challenged to find four groups of four related words from a grid of 16. These connections can be based on meaning, category, wordplay, or even cultural references. The challenge lies in identifying subtle links and avoiding red herrings that seem to fit in multiple categories.

How to play NYT Connections?

Open the Connections game via the NYT Games website or app.

You’ll see 16 words. Your task is to divide them into four groups of four connected words.

The connections can be thematic (like types of fruit), grammatical (words ending in “-ing”), or more playful (homophones, puns).

Submit a group by selecting four words and hitting "Submit."

Be careful! You only have four attempts to get all four groups right.

Colours help indicate difficulty:

Yellow: Easiest

Green: Medium

Blue: Harder

Purple: Tricky or wordplay-based


Today’s NYT Connections hints (June 3)
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Yellow group – Acts of showing off

Green group – Ways to say “everything’s okay”

Blue group – Types of wrist accessories

Purple group – Fields or habits you can develop with repetition


Today’s Categories

• Yellow — Be ostentatious
• Green — Copacetic
• Blue — Kinds of bracelets
• Purple — Things you can practice

Today’s NYT Connections Answers
Yellow (Be ostentatious):
GRANDSTAND
POSTURE
SHOWBOAT
SWAGGER


Green (Copacetic):
FINE
HUNKY-DORY
OK
SWELL


Blue (Kinds of bracelets):
CHARM
FRIENDSHIP
ID
TENNIS


Purple (Things you can practice):
LAW
MEDICINE
SELF-CARE
WITCHCRAFT


Explanation of today’s answers
This puzzle mixed straightforward word categories with some tricky associations.
The yellow group (ostentation) was built around expressive actions like SHOWBOAT and SWAGGER, with POSTURE and GRANDSTAND rounding it out—though CHARM was an easy red herring here.
The green group reflected varying degrees of “things being okay” with FINE, OK, SWELL, and HUNKY-DORY, even if SWELL might seem a bit more positive than just “fine.”
The blue category may have stumped some: it included types of bracelets, such as FRIENDSHIP, ID (often used for medical or military tags), and the more obscure TENNIS bracelet—a diamond jewellery item.
The final group, purple, brought in the theme of “things you can practice,” like LAW and MEDICINE, but also SELF-CARE and WITCHCRAFT, adding a nice touch of modern and mystical.