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 5.
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 – We do this for people we love
- Green Category – Do you read these?
- Blue Category – All found in a Spy movie
- Purple Category – A single poppy word comes after all of these
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 – YEARN
- Green – MAGAZINES
- Blue – CHARACTERS IN BOND MOVIES
- Purple – WORDS THAT PRECEDE “POP” IN MUSIC GENRES
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 5)
Are you still stuck with the Connections puzzle? In that case, the answers to today’s Connections are:
- YEARN – Desire, Long, Pine, Yen
- MAGAZINES – Fortune, Mad, Nature, O
- CHARACTERS IN BOND MOVIES – Bond, M, MoneyPennny, Q
- WORDS THAT PRECEDE “POP” IN MUSIC GENRES – Bubblegum, Euro, K, Power
The NYT Connections puzzle for July 5 went into categories that K Pop stans will love. I began by solving the Blue category the first and as a chronic James Bond lover had these in the bag fairly quickly.
The Yellow category came next and as a big romantic I knew I would get these words easily. The Green category was the next entry the only reason I got it was selecting Fortune and random selection of words.
The Purple category was the only one left. I got the last four words to get it along with the NYT Connections puzzle for July 5.
Yesterday’s Connections Answer
Have you accidentally stumbled on here? Looking for Connections hints and answers for July 4? 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.
