Updated
Updated · Forbes · Jun 20
NYT Connections Reveals 4 June 20 Groups, Led by Silent-and-Pronounced Ks
Updated
Updated · Forbes · Jun 20

NYT Connections Reveals 4 June 20 Groups, Led by Silent-and-Pronounced Ks

3 articles · Updated · Forbes · Jun 20

Summary

  • June 20’s NYT Connections solution grouped 16 words into four categories: Featuring Silent and Pronounced Ks, Endorse, Kinds of Chairs, and Words Repeated in Hit Song Titles.
  • The yellow set proved the twistiest, linking JACKKNIFE, KNAPSACK, KNICKS and KNOCK-KNOCK through differing K pronunciations rather than the more obvious Knicks-championship theme.
  • Green paired BACK, BOLSTER, CHAMPION and SUPPORT under Endorse, while blue sorted BEANBAG, RECLINER, ROCKER and STOOL as chair types.
  • Purple was the hardest category, tying JUMPIN’, LOUIE, NEW YORK and REBEL to doubled hit-song titles such as “Jumpin’, Jumpin’” and “New York, New York.”
  • The puzzle follows an earlier report that the Times had swapped in a Knicks-referencing board after New York’s basketball title, then pushed another planned puzzle to June 30.

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