Connections is a New York Times puzzle game where players have to figure out “connections” between various words and arrange them into groups of four. To help you out, we decided to break down all the categories and answers for the Connections puzzle for July 17.
What is “Connections”?
NYT’s ‘Connections’ is a puzzle game that’s all the hype on social media these days. You will find people solving and sharing their successes and failures on platforms like X (formerly Twitter), and more. The game is managed by Wyna Liu, NYT’s associate puzzle editor. Connections gives players 16 random words that must be divided into categories they don’t know.
What Are Today’s Connections Hints?
Let’s begin with some quick hints for today’s Connections themes. Check them out and see if you can guess any.
- Yellow Category – You see these around town
- Green Category – Some things just create difficulties
- Blue Category – Animals can be in groups too
- Purple Category – Can you spot all these leaders?
We wish we could go into more detail here, but these hints are the best we can share. However, if you still can’t find them, read on to get some more help with today’s Connections.
Categories for Today’s Connections Puzzle
Need more help with today’s NYT Connections puzzle? Here are today’s categories:
- Yellow – BUILDINGS AROUND TOWN
- Green – HINDER
- Blue – ANIMAL GROUP NAMES
- Purple – STARTS OF U.S. PRESIDENTS
While you are here, you should also check out the hints and answers for today’s NYT Strands as well as today’s Wordle.
We hope you can guess the words under each category now. However, If you still cannot and need more help, keep reading.
Answers for Today’s Connections Game (July 17)
Are you still stuck with the Connections puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:
- BUILDINGS AROUND TOWN – Bank, Laundromat, Post Office, Supermarket
- HINDER – Check, Curb, Hamper, Inhibit
- ANIMAL GROUP NAMES – Pack, Pride, School, Swarm
- STARTS OF U.S. PRESIDENTS – Bide, Cart, Nix, Washing
The NYT Connections for July 17 loved to get into U.S. Presidents and generic buildings. I started with the latter by solving the Yellow category. Although, I have not seen a Post Office in some time now.
The Green category came next and except the word Check which I didn’t know meant hinder, I had all of these too. The Blue category itself was much easier than the last one considering we’ve all been taught this at School.
With all that done, only four words were left. I got them all together to get the Purple category and the NYT Connections puzzle for July 17.
Yesterday’s Connections Answer
Have you accidentally stumbled on here? Looking for Connections hints and answers for July 16? Get familiar with the puzzle and solve NYT Connections easily!
How was your experience with Connections today? Where did you get stuck if you did? Let us know in the comments below.
Sanmay Chakrabarti
