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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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, June 28 (game #748).
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 #749) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- EARTHWORM
- FLOAT
- MUSHROOM
- MOONWALK
- STARTLE
- PUDDLE
- SUNDAE
- JUMP
- SHAKE
- ROBOT
- MUD
- FLOSS
- BOLT
- SPLIT
- CABBAGE PATCH
- JERK
NYT Connections today (game #749) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Gelato delight
- GREEN: Surprise!
- BLUE: Shake a leg
- PURPLE: Post precipitation
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 #749) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: ICE CREAM TREATS
- GREEN: FLINCH
- BLUE: DANCE MOVES
- PURPLE: SEEN IN THE AFTERMATH OF A RAINSTORM
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #749) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #749, are…
- YELLOW: ICE CREAM TREATS FLOAT, SHAKE, SPLIT, SUNDAE
- GREEN: FLINCH BOLT, JERK, JUMP, STARTLE
- BLUE: DANCE MOVES CABBAGE PATCH, FLOSS, MOONWALK, ROBOT
- PURPLE: SEEN IN THE AFTERMATH OF A RAINSTORM EARTHWORM, MUD, MUSHROOM, PUDDLE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 mistakes
There were so many possible DANCE MOVES in today’s Connections that I thought it could be a trap, but when I tried putting a dance craze group together I got “one away”, so persisted and got “one away” again.
I had no idea CABBAGE PATCH was a dance move, but I do think JERK and EARTHWORM are.
Instead, I switched to other groups and easily found ICE CREAM TREATS and FLINCH (dancing and flinching have a lot in common).
I arrived at the purple group though a process of elimination, but there is no way I would have gotten SEEN IN THE AFTERMATH OF A RAINSTORM any other way – MUD and PUDDLE, maybe, but I was unaware of the links between a MUSHROOM and some rainfall.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, June 28, game #748)
- YELLOW: THINGS A DOG CAN FETCH BALL, BONE, FRISBEE, STICK
- GREEN: GREAT MANY DROVE, HOST, LOAD, SCORE
- BLUE: POSSIBLE RESULTS OF A TRAFFIC VIOLATION BOOT, POINTS, TICKET, TOW
- PURPLE: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION INVENTORS BELL, DIESEL, SINGER, WATT
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.
