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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 12 (game #762).
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 #763) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- ZIP
- CAB
- RAG
- ZING
- BUBBLY
- GLOSSY
- NUMBER
- ZINE
- EXPIRATION
- SLIGHT
- NAME
- ZIN
- KNOCK
- MAG
- CHARD
- BURN
NYT Connections today (game #763) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Mean comments
- GREEN: Plastic details
- BLUE: Inky jargon
- PURPLE: Beverage slang
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 #763) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: INSULT
- GREEN: CREDIT CARD INFO
- BLUE: SLANG FOR PRINTED MATTER
- PURPLE: WINE NICKNAMES
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #763) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #763, are…
- YELLOW: INSULT BURN, KNOCK, SLIGHT, ZING
- GREEN: CREDIT CARD INFO EXPIRATION, NAME, NUMBER, ZIP
- BLUE: SLANG FOR PRINTED MATTER GLOSSY, MAG, RAG, ZINE
- PURPLE: WINE NICKNAMES BUBBLY, CAB, CHARD, ZIN
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I have spent the bulk of my adult life working for magazines and newspapers so SLANG FOR PRINTED MATTER leapt out from the grid immediately. Not that I’ve worked for many GLOSSY titles – I have generally stuck to the grubby, ink-on-your-fingers end of things.
I got CREDIT CARD INFO next. Although I was a bit confused by ZIP, I was just thinking that all four of these words seem like data, so it was the type of words rather than anything else.
WINE NICKNAMES is a group I would not have got in 100 years. I can just about work out that CHARD must be Chardonay and BUBBLY is slang for Champagne, but I’m clueless on the other two. Fortunately, correctly guessing the yellow group of insults rescued me.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, July 12, game #762)
- YELLOW: ENDORSE BACK, CHAMPION, SECOND, SUPPORT
- GREEN: DETAILED ELABORATE, MINUTE, PARTICULAR, THOROUGH
- BLUE: ERA AGE, DAY, PERIOD, TIME
- PURPLE: IN THE NATO ALPHABET ECHO, KILO, UNIFORM, VICTOR
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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