Today’s NYT Connections Hints And Answers: Friday, July 24

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 today’s NYT Connections hints, here’s what you missed on Thursday:

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Hey there, Connectors! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week. The weekend is almost upon us. Let’s make sure you get there with your Connections streak in one piece.

Okay, I can’t be the only one who does this. I live by myself. I haven’t worked in an office for over a decade. I very, very rarely work from a coffee shop or anything like that. And yet, every time I move away from my PC, I always lock the system and turn off the monitor first.

I suppose it’s a habit that’s ingrained in me. But I really do not need to do that!

I need to know that other people do this as well. If you do, let me know.

Before we start, I want to highlight the rad community we have on Discord, where we chat about Connections, the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. It’s a lovely group of folks. You’re more than welcome to join us.

Also, my weekend editions of this column are available over on my newsletter, Pastimes. If you enjoy the intros and recommendations in my Connections columns, I occasionally publish longer pieces along similar lines there as well. I think you’d dig them.

Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, July 24 are coming right up. Let’s get rolling!

How To Play Connections

Connections is a free New York Times daily word game that you can play on the NYT’s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive, which includes every previous game.

Connections presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don’t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that’s what you have to figure out.

There’s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it’s game over.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs – part of the fun of Connections is in how the NYT shakes things up to keep you on your toes.

As with Wordle and similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.

Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow – correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.

Today’s NYT Connections Word List

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After today’s Connections word list, I’ll give you a hint for each category. After that, I’ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I’ll reveal the categories, followed by the full answers.

Got it? Cool.

Today’s 16 words are...

• SPARK
• CANTER
• LLAMA
• JOG
• WALK
• YAK
• SINGLE
• NONE
• RAMBLE
• PROMPT
• FRYER
• DRONE
• REFRESH
• STRIKEOUT
• BABBLE
• HOME RUN

A Hint For Today’s Connections Groups

The hints for today’s Connections categories are:

• 🟨 Yellow group — go on and on and on and on
• 🟩 Green group — why don't you pitch a few ideas?
• 🟦 Blue group — get the grey matter going
• 🟪 Purple group — sounds close to canon, or even a cardinal principle

One Answer For Each Connections Group

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

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

Here we go…

• 🟨 Yellow group — DRONE
• 🟩 Green group — WALK
• 🟦 Blue group — SPARK
• 🟪 Purple group — CANTER

Today’s Connections Categories

Today’s Connections groups are...

• 🟨 Yellow group — talk at length
• 🟩 Green group — outcomes for a batter
• 🟦 Blue group — bring to mind, as a memory
• 🟪 Purple group — homophones of religious roles

What Is Today’s Connections Answer?

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Today’s Connections answers are...

• 🟨 Yellow group — talk at length (BABBLE, DRONE, RAMBLE, YAK)
• 🟩 Green group — outcomes for a batter (HOME RUN, SINGLE, STRIKEOUT, WALK)
• 🟦 Blue group — bring to mind, as a memory (JOG, PROMPT, REFRESH, SPARK)
• 🟪 Purple group — homophones of religious roles (CANTER, FRYER, LLAMA, NONE)

I got the greens right away. Becoming a baseball guy over the last 10 months or so might have helped with that. The yellows were up next, after RAMBLE and BABBLE clicked.

REFRESH brought to mind "refresh your memory," which led me toward the blues. It was only after I read the purple group out loud that the category clicked, bringing me to my 509th win in a row.

How did you get on this time? Here's my grid:

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Want to know more about how everything fits together? Let’s explore today’s game in more depth in my NYT Connections Answers Explained column. You can check that out by visiting my author page.

That’s all from me for this week. I’ll be back with you here for more shenanigans on Monday. In the meantime, you can check out my weekend editions of this column over at my newsletter, Pastimes.

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

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