Connectionsis ready to blow your mind with another difficult puzzle. If you want to win this one, you will need to not only sort all the words into mystery categories, but you’ll need to do it all with fewer than four mistakes.

But today’s puzzle is way more challenging than therules ofConnectionmight make it sound. If you play this game a lot, you know just how difficult these puzzles can get. So if you are stuck, check out the article below to help you get unstuck.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #439 for June 09, 2025

TheConnectionspuzzle for today contains the words:Tie, Tan, Fan, Fawn, Check, Finish, Monitor, Buff, Boa, Screen, Cream, Bask, Terminal, Corset, Display,andGloves.

What is the Definition of Fawn?

Fawn has a lot of meanings in English, so here is a list of all of them:

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

Since thisinnovative puzzle gamedoesn’t have any built-in hints to help you out, you can find some below. There are spoilers and clues, but no one section will spoil the whole puzzle for you.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints:

  1. None of these categories are about really liking a fandom, like a band or a show.

  2. One of these categories is about things you may wear, but Tie is not included.

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  1. Check and Finish go in the same group.

Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer for thisminimalist puzzle game:How to interact with a computer.

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforwardConnectionsisVisual Interface.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Display, Monitor, Screen, Terminal.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer:What you might wear just to take back off again.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficultyConnectionsisBurlesque Wear.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Boa, Corset, Fan, Gloves.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer:Other things you could fit into this category: Ivory, Sand, Camel.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficultConnectionsisBeige Shades.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Buff, Cream, Fawn, Tan.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in thispuzzle game that can increase your smarts:Sounds like a language to me.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty inConnectionsisLanguage Homophones.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Bask, Check, Finish, Tie.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #439 for June 07, 2025

Want to see the whole spoiler forNew York Times GamesConnectionspuzzle number 439? In the expandable section below, you’re able to; all the groupings and the words in each one are located there.

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