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NYT Connections June 9 2024 Answers

Puzzle #364

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

SALTY PEPPER BAKED CAKE SPRINKLE ONION BITTER EARTH SWEET SCATTER COUCH UPSET HOT PLYWOOD SORE STREW

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — FEELING SOME TYPE OF WAY
Green — THROW HERE AND THERE
Blue — THINGS WITH LAYERS
Purple — ___ POTATO
FEELING SOME TYPE OF WAYBITTER, SALTY, SORE, UPSET
THROW HERE AND THEREPEPPER, SCATTER, SPRINKLE, STREW
THINGS WITH LAYERSCAKE, EARTH, ONION, PLYWOOD
___ POTATOBAKED, COUCH, HOT, SWEET
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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.