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If you look at today’s NYT Connections puzzle, you’ll see right away that every clue is a place. The trick is to sort them out properly. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times 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 the 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: Name inspiration.
Green group hint: And the Oscar goes to…
Blue group hint: Cheers!
Purple group hint: Beginning of the word or phrase.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Things named after places.
Green group: Best picture winners/nominees.
Blue group: Places in cocktail names.
Purple group: Starting with countries.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for July 1, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is things named after places. The four answers are champagne, china, cologne and limerick.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is best picture winners/nominees. The four answers are Casablanca, Chicago, Fargo, and Munich.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is places in cocktail names. The four answers are Cuba, Long Island, Moscow and Singapore.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is starting with countries. The four answers are Dominican Republic, Guinea-Bissau, Indianapolis and Nigeria.
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.
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