Today's NYT Connections Answers for June 26 Were Pretty Tough

Did you get stumped by the June 26New York Times Connections puzzle?

If you’re reading this, you likely know how to play Connections.

You’re given 16 words and asked to put them into four groups that are somehow connected.

And do you also play Wordle?

We’ve gottoday’s Wordle answer and hintstoo.

It’s a tricky one today.

Yellow group hint:Time to salute.

Green group hint:Charge it.

Blue group hint:Customers want it.

Purple group hint:Don Draper’s passion.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group:Army ranks.

Green group:Place to plug something in.

Blue group:Consumer desire, collectively.

Purple group:____ ad.

The theme is army ranks.

The four answers are captain, general, major and private.

The theme is place to plug something in.

The four answers are jack, outlet, port and socket.

The theme is consumer desire, collectively.

The four answers are appetite, audience, demand and market.

The theme is ____ ad.

The four answers are attack, personal, pop-up and want.

Playing is easy.Winning is hard.

Look at the 16 words and mentally assign them to related groups of four.

punch the four words you think go together.

The yellow group is the easiest, then green, then blue, and purple is the toughest.

Look at the words carefully, and think about related terms.

Sometimes the connection has to do with just a part of the word.