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Find the links between the words to win today's game of Connections.

Find the links between the words to win today's game of Connections.

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Each day’s game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. Before we get to today’s Connections hints and answers, here are Monday’s:

Hey there, Connectors! I hope your week is off to a most wonderful start.

I finally watched a couple of games from the FIFA Club World Cup as the tournament drew to a close. I rather enjoyed seeing Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) rip apart Real Madrid in one of the semi-finals. The script flipped for the final, in which Chelsea totally outplayed PSG.

I’ve been following Chelsea since the ‘90s – long before a billionaire took over and the team started winning league titles, the Champions League and so on. So, I was happy to an extent to see my team become world champions.

I didn’t much like this format for the Club World Cup as a whole, though. I’m glad this is only going to happen every four years, if only because footballers are arguably already playing too many games every year. They need a long break between seasons – PSG and Chelsea players are getting just a few weeks off before starting preparations for the 2025-26 season. That can’t be sustainable.

Anyway, before we begin, we have a great little community on Discord, where we chat about NYT Connections, the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. Everyone who has joined has been lovely. It’s a fun hangout spot, and you’re more than welcome to hang out with us.

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Discord is also the best way to give me any feedback about the column, especially on the rare (or not-so-rare) occasions that I mess something up. I don’t look at the comments or Twitter much. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my new newsletter, Pastimes.

Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, July 15 are coming right up.

Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT’s website or Games app.

You’re presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part.

There’s only one solution for each puzzle, and you’ll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay.

Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you’re incorrect, you’ll lose a life. If you’re close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you’re one word away from getting it right, but you’ll still need to figure out which one to swap.

If you make four mistakes, it’s game over. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen with the help of some hints, and, if you’re really struggling, today’s Connections answers. As with Wordle and other similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats.

If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the publication’s Connections archive. This includes every previous game of Connections, so you can go back and play any of those that you have missed.

Aside from the first 60 games or so, you should be able to find our hints Google if you need them! Just click here and add the date of the game for which you need clues or the answers to the search query.

Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today’s Connections groups, I’ll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them.

Today’s 16 words are...

And the hints for today’s Connections groups are:

Need some extra help?

Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.

Let’s take a look at one word for each group.

Today’s Connections word hints are…

Today’s Connections groups are...

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Connections answers.

This is your final warning!

Today’s Connections answers are...

VAULT and BEAM made the yellows pretty clear to me out of the gate. I was glad to get one group squared away quickly, as I was a little stumped after that.

PLAY, EJECT and POWER seemed like they might be VCR buttons, but I didn't see a fourth word to go with them. NOPE kept calling to me, though. I figured it might be a reference to Jordan Peele's wonderful film of the same name. As I glanced over at SCREAM, I started to wonder if we might have a group of horror movies on our hands. Sure enough, I found PEARL and SMILE (haven't seen either film, but I've heard good things about both) for the blues. The "2022" part of the category title seems a bit too niche, though.

At that point, the greens became clear to me. That left the purples, for which I did not figure out the connection, for my 140th win in a row (HORSE feathers is slang for "nonsense," which I did not know until now). Here's my grid for today:

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That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Wednesday’s game if you need them.

P.S. I guess a horror movie recommendation makes sense. Another 2022 horror movie I enjoy a lot is The Menu. It’s a funny satire about fine dining culture. It has a terrific cast too. That said, it’s been a while since I’ve been to a fine dining restaurant, so I should probably fix that:

Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!

Please follow my blog for more coverage of NYT Connections and other word games, and even some video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! Sharing this column with other people who play Connections would be appreciated too. You can also read my weekend editions of this column at my new newsletter, Pastimes.