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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, July 5 (game #755).
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 #756) – today’s words
Today’s NYT Connections words are…
- SEUSS
- CHINA
- DISNEY
- DECAF
- CRUMB
- PRUSSIAN
- PEPPER
- WARE
- EVIL
- CRYPTO
- POTTERY
- GRAIN
- MORSEL
- DRE
- SHRED
- CERAMICS
NYT Connections today (game #756) – hint #1 – group hints
What are some clues for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Stick them in the kiln
- GREEN: Bits
- BLUE: What’s up d….?
- PURPLE: Sounds like body part
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 #756) – hint #2 – group answers
What are the answers for today’s NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: FIRED OBJECTS
- GREEN: PARTICLE
- BLUE: DRS
- PURPLE: ENDING WITH HOMOPHONES OF PARTS OF THE LEG
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #756) – the answers
The answers to today’s Connections, game #756, are…
- 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
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I am sure there will be indignation around the English-speaking world about today’s purple group.
Yes, CRYPTO and DISNEY both work as words ENDING WITH HOMOPHONES OF PARTS OF THE LEG – but DECAF? And PRUSSIAN? Maybe, it’s a New York thing.
Thankfully, such quibbling didn’t matter to me, because the other three groups were relatively easy to put together.
DRS I saw immediately and included four examples of non-practising doctors – although having said that, Dr Pepper is named after a real person.
Meanwhile, Green Eggs and Ham author Dr Seuss did get an honorary doctorate years after adding his fake honorific – and he, I am sure, could tell a shin from a shun.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Connections answers (Saturday, July 5, game #755)
- YELLOW: CON GAME HUSTLE, RACKET, SCHEME, STING
- GREEN: COMBINE, AS BAKING INGREDIENTS BEAT, BLEND, FOLD, STIR
- BLUE: YEARN BURN, ITCH, LONG, PINE
- PURPLE: KINDS OF LISTS BUCKET, LAUNDRY, SHORT, TO-DO
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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