Note: Make sure to complete today’s NYT Connections before reading further! We’ll be getting into spoilers for today’s game pretty quickly. If you need some help to complete the grid, you can find my NYT Connections hints and answers column for today right here:
Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to my deeper dive into today’s Connections answers. The idea behind this is to help clear things up for anyone who isn’t sure how today’s groups fit together.
If I’ve missed any red herrings or misunderstood something, let me know via email or on Discord. I don’t typically look at X or check the comments here.
I’m going to assume that you’ve already beaten today’s game. We’re going straight into spoiler territory here. So, consider this your one and only warning.
Here are today’s NYT Connections answers explained (and any red herrings I spot) for Wednesday, June 3:
Today’s NYT Connections Answers Explained
Connections – Yellow Group
🟨 kinds of rice (BROWN, JASMINE, STICKY, SUSHI)
The category title takes care of business here.
Connections – Green Group
🟩 gummy bear descriptors (COLORFUL, GUMMY, SUGARY, URSINE)
These are gummy bears:
They are small, sweet, chewy and colorful candies. I think URSINE might trip some folks up here. That word simply means “relating to bears” (as “vulpine” does for foxes and so on).
Connections – Blue Group
🟦 savory stuffed pastries (EMPANADA, FATAYER, PASTY, SAMOSA)
An EMPANADA is a filled pastry that’s baked or fried:
I had to look up what a FATAYER is. It’s popular in Egypt and across the Levant. I’ve actually had these many times! Just never knew what they were called:
The PASTY is strongly associated with the south west of England – it’s sometimes called a Cornish PASTY. It’s typically filled with meat and vegetables:
The SAMOSA originates in India. It’s a delicious fried pastry that’s filled with typically filled with vegetables, but there are versions with meat and cheese too:
Connections – Purple Group
🟪 Disney princesses minus a letter (ARIE, BELL, MOAN, RAY)
These refer to:
- ARIE > Ariel, from The Little Mermaid
- BELL > Belle, from Beauty and the Beast
- MOAN > Moana, from Moana
- RAY > Raya, from Raya and the Last Dragon
Connections – Red Herrings
The only thing I really saw was after the fact. JASMINE is the princess in Aladdin, so that was a fun little nod to the purple group.
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