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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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, July 6 (game #756).
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 #757) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- DOG
- DRIBBLE
- SECRET
- FOOTPRINT
- RAT
- SHOOT
- LEAK
- SPLASH
- BANANA
- SOURCE
- CANARY
- BLOCK
- MARK
- PASS
- HAT
- IMPACT
NYT Connections today (game #757) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Also a grass
- GREEN: You were here
- BLUE: Leave nothing on the court
- PURPLE: Add the opposite of bottom
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 #757) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INFORMANT
- GREEN: BIG IMPRESSION
- BLUE: BASKETBALL MOVES
- PURPLE: TOP___
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #757) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #757, are…
- YELLOW: INFORMANT CANARY, LEAK, RAT, SOURCE
- GREEN: BIG IMPRESSION FOOTPRINT, IMPACT, MARK, SPLASH
- BLUE: BASKETBALL MOVES BLOCK, DRIBBLE, PASS, SHOOT
- PURPLE: TOP___ BANANA, DOG, HAT, SECRET
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 mistake
I got the yellow group last today, but that’s mainly because I abandoned it after making a mistake and concentrated on other linked words.
My first thought was that there was a group connected to whistleblowing, so I had LEAK and SOURCE but also SECRET and MARK. Before I could pursue that blind alley further I put together BASKETBALL MOVES, thinking it was something to do with soccer.
I was really pleased to get the purple group, although the absence of cat in place of DOG rankles. I am speaking here as someone who has used a picture of Benny the Ball as my internet pic for the past decade. How could they miss out TC?
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, July 6, game #756)
- YELLOW: FIRED OBJECTS CERAMICS, CHINA, POTTERY, WARE
- GREEN: PARTICLE CRUMB, GRAIN, MORSEL, SHRED
- BLUE: DRS DRE, EVIL, PEPPER, SEUSS
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH HOMOPHONES OF PARTS OF THE LEG CRYPTO, DECAF, DISNEY, PRUSSIAN
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.
