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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle could be tough. The purple category is another of those groupings where you just can’t see the connection, so hope instead that the other three come together for you. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Don’t lose your trademark.
Green group hint: Like a clown.
Blue group hint: Sing out.
Purple group hint: Sounds like a negative word.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Companies that have become verbs.
Green group: Silly person.
Blue group: Kinds of songs.
Purple group: Homophones of synonyms for “despicable.”
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for July 11, 2025, #761.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is companies that have become verbs. The four answers are Google, Photoshop, Uber and Zoom.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is silly person. The four answers are dodo, goof, goose and yahoo.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is kinds of songs. The four answers are folk, love, siren and swan.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is homophones of synonyms for “despicable.” The four answers are fowl, mien, offal and vial.
Fowl=foul
Mien=mean
Offal=awful
Vial=vile
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
