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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, June 29 (game #749).
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 #750) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- AIRPLANE
- HIGHWAY
- ROLLER COASTER
- BRIDGE
- VELVET
- CROWN
- NFL PLAYER
- CIRCUS
- WHIRLWIND
- DRIVE
- HOT TUB NOZZLE
- FILLING
- BLACK
- VENEER
- SOAP OPERA
- PEAKS
NYT Connections today (game #750) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Orthodontics
- GREEN: Life is a cabaret
- BLUE: Partial film names
- PURPLE: Also a gang member in West Side Story
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 #750) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: DENTAL ADDITIONS
- GREEN: METAPHORS FOR A DRAMATIC AND CHAOTIC EVENT
- BLUE: SECOND WORDS IN DAVID LYNCH TITLES
- PURPLE: WHAT “JET” MIGHT REFER TO
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #750) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #750, are…
- YELLOW: DENTAL ADDITIONS BRIDGE, CROWN, FILLING, VENEER
- GREEN: METAPHORS FOR A DRAMATIC AND CHAOTIC EVENT CIRCUS, ROLLER COASTER, SOAP OPERA, WHIRLWIND
- BLUE: SECOND WORDS IN DAVID LYNCH TITLES DRIVE, HIGHWAY, PEAKS, VELVET
- PURPLE: WHAT “JET” MIGHT REFER TO AIRPLANE, BLACK, HOT TUB NOZZLE, NFL PLAYER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Having spent a small fortune on all the DENTAL ADDITIONS here I really should have got the yellow group more quickly.
Instead, my eyes were drawn to the words PEAKS and VELVET – which will always be associated with Twin [Peaks] and Blue [Velvet], two of the works by the late and very great David Lynch.
For the record, the other films included in SECOND WORDS IN DAVID LYNCH TITLES are Mullholland DRIVE and Lost HIGHWAY.
METAPHORS FOR A DRAMATIC AND CHAOTIC EVENT was an equally easy spot. Just as well, as I would have struggled for hours to find the link between an NFL PLAYER and a HOT TUB NOZZLE. Congratulations if you did.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Sunday, June 29, game #749)
- 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
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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