A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, July 25 (game #775).
Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc’s Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Connections today (game #776) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- LUXE
- TREK
- BOTTLE
- WARS
- COPE
- ANISE
- SARA
- KELLY
- SAGE
- MARCH
- HUNTER
- MACE
- HIKE
- PEA
- DILL
- TRAMP
NYT Connections today (game #776) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Add flavor
- GREEN: Grassy hues
- BLUE: Long walks
- PURPLE: Add more to make a city
Need more clues?
We’re firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today’s NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #776) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: HERBS AND SPICES
- GREEN: SHADES OF GREEN
- BLUE: TRAVEL ON FOOT
- PURPLE: STARTS OF EUROPEAN CAPITALS
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #776) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #776, are…
- YELLOW: HERBS AND SPICES ANISE, DILL, MACE, SAGE
- GREEN: SHADES OF GREEN BOTTLE, HUNTER, KELLY, PEA
- BLUE: TRAVEL ON FOOT HIKE, MARCH, TRAMP, TREK
- PURPLE: STARTS OF EUROPEAN CAPITALS COPE, LUXE, SARA, WARS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
As someone who likes a good HIKE up a hillside, I’m very familiar with the many alternative ways to describe a long walk – or TRAVEL ON FOOT, as Connections puts it.
If I want to tempt a companion to join me, I’ll use the word TREK, with its implications of adventure if they’re more sporty than me (99% of people) and I’ll ask if they fancy a meander if they’re slower (1% of people). I can’t imagine who I’d ask about going for a TRAMP, though.
HERBS AND SPICES was equally easy, but that’s where my fun ended.
With eight words left I was clueless. The only link I could make was PEA green and BOTTLE green and after a couple of errors managed to form a group.
Even with the purple group completed for me it took a Google before I realised SARA was for Sarajevo and LUXE for the capital of Luxembourg, also called Luxembourg.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Friday, July 25, game #775)
- YELLOW: HUSH-HUSH MUM, PRIVATE, QUIET, SECRET
- GREEN: STATE ABBREVIATIONS IN, MA, OH, OK
- BLUE: BASEBALL CALLS BALL, FAIR, FOUL, OUT
- PURPLE: QUEEN __ BED, BEE, MARY, MOTHER
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don’t technically need to solve the final one, as you’ll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What’s more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It’s a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It’s playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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