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.
Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has a fun purple category. Look carefully at some of the words and see if you can break them into smaller words. Need more help? Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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.
Read more: 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: Scary!
Green group hint: Fire up the grill.
Blue group hint: For sale.
Purple group hint: A word that contains another word. Think living things that aren’t people.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Dread-inducing figures.
Green group: Kinds of steaks.
Blue group: Related to buying a home.
Purple group: Animals ending with animals.
Read more: 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 July 23, 2025, #773.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is dread-inducing figures. The four answers are bogeyman, bugbear, hobgoblin and phantom.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is kinds of steaks. The four answers are Chateaubriand, flatiron, porterhouse and tomahawk.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is related to buying a home. The four answers are appraisal, escrow, insurance and mortgage.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is animals ending with animals. The four answers are geoduck, seahorse, titmouse and wombat.