NYT ‘Connections’ July 25: clues and answer for game #410
Connections may have had its first birthday in June, but solving the daily puzzle is no child’s play.
In a matter of months the word game became a true global sensation, giving its New York Times stablemate, Wordle, a run for its money in the popularity stakes.
In its first year, 55.2 million people finished a Connections puzzle with zero mistakes.
Instructions on how to play the game are below. Clues and the answers for Thursday’s puzzle are toward the end of the article, so scroll with caution.
How to Play ‘Connections’
The brainteaser tasks players with grouping 16 words into four categories based on association. For example, a one game linked the words “clear,” “earn,” “make” and “net,” which all came under the category “take home, as income.”
Each of the four categories is labeled with a color, which also signifies their difficulty level. Yellow is the easiest category, followed by green, blue and then purple. However, the puzzles are rarely straightforward, using homophones and wordplay, among other techniques, to keep things interesting.
The uniting themes can come from a broad range of categories—anything from Halloween costumes to music genres.
If all four words are correctly placed into each set, those words will be removed from the board. Each incorrect guess counts toward the mistake tally. Up to four errors can be made before it is game over.
Players can shuffle and rearrange the board if they want to try to make the process of guessing the connections easier. To make things a bit tougher, a word can sometimes belong to more than one category—but there is only one correct answer.
‘Connections’ #410 Clues for Thursday, July 25
Yellow: Surfaces where people would scribe in a time goneby.
Green: Different names for broadcasters.
Blue: When you don’t have to try to do something.
Purple: Things that come in a casing.
New York Times
‘Connections’ #410 Answer for Thursday, July 25
Yellow Category: ANCIENT WRITING SURFACES
Yellow Words: Clay, Papyrus, Parchment, Wax
Green Category: LEAD, AS A TV PROGRAM
Green Words: Anchor, Host, Moderate, Present
Blue Category: NATURAL ABILITY
Blue Words: Faculty, Flair, Instinct, Talent
Purple Category: WRAPPED THINGS
Purple Words: Burrito, Gift, Mummy, Sprain
How many did you get right? Don’t worry if you found today’s categories difficult; you can always try again when Connections resets at midnight in your time zone.
Meanwhile, we have also put together a few hints for today’s Wordle. Or, why not give these other popular online word games a try?
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