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NYT Connections June 21 2024 Answers

Puzzle #376

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

CINDERELLA TAILGATE GREEN LIGHT RUMPELSTILTSKIN FERRIS WHEEL BUMPER-TO-BUMPER DAVID-AND-GOLIATH THUMBS-UP BUTTERMILK RAGS-TO-RICHES MERRY-GO-ROUND CLEARANCE UNDERDOG TILT-A-WHIRL GO-AHEAD ROLLER COASTER

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES
Green — APPROVAL
Blue — TYPES OF COME-FROM-BEHIND STORIES
Purple — BEGINNING WITH SYNONYMS FOR REAR END
AMUSEMENT PARK RIDESFERRIS WHEEL, MERRY-GO-ROUND, ROLLER COASTER, TILT-A-WHIRL
APPROVALCLEARANCE, GO-AHEAD, GREEN LIGHT, THUMBS-UP
TYPES OF COME-FROM-BEHIND STORIESCINDERELLA, DAVID-AND-GOLIATH, RAGS-TO-RICHES, UNDERDOG
BEGINNING WITH SYNONYMS FOR REAR ENDBUMPER-TO-BUMPER, BUTTERMILK, RUMPELSTILTSKIN, TAILGATE
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.