Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.
You might have seen today’s NYT Connections puzzle before. The Times had originally scheduled it for July 4, apparently, and sites like ours that post the answers went ahead and used this as the July 4 answer grid. But then the puzzle-makers decided to swap the July 4 and July 10 puzzles (maybe they wanted a more difficult puzzle for a holiday?) and many sites ended up running the wrong answers. We’ve republished our July 4 answer page. Anyway, today’s actual puzzle is a lot easier than the July 4 one, which was the puzzle that used two-letter abbreviations for each color category.
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.
Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time
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: Round and round.
Green group hint: Salute.
Blue group hint: Turn the air on.
Purple group hint: Threw away your shot.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Parts of a wheel.
Green group: Military clothing descriptors.
Blue group: Used in ventilation.
Purple group: Fail to take advantage of, as an opportunity.
Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for Thursday, July 10, 2025, #760.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is parts of a wheel. The four answers are hub, rim, spoke and tire.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is military clothing descriptors. The four answers are camo, drab, fatigue and khaki.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is used in ventilation. The four answers are duct, exhaust, hose and pipe.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is fail to take advantage of, as an opportunity. The four answers are blow, lose, miss and waste.
Quick tips for Connections
#1: Say the clue words out loud, pausing before and after each. That helps you hear the words in the context of a phrase. The Connections editors love to group words together that are used in similar phrasing, like ____ Up.
#2: Don’t go for the obvious grouping. These editors are smart. Once, they offered SPONGE, BOB, SQUARE and PANTS in the same puzzle. None of those words were in the same category. If you like, hit the “shuffle” button to give yourself a different perspective on the words.
#3: Break down any compound words and look for similarities. “Rushmore” was once in a puzzle where the connection was that each word started with the name of a rock band.
Read the full article here