These are the hints and answers for NYT Connections puzzle #416, published Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The clues come first; the answer key below is clearly marked for spoilers. This is the 2024 puzzle, not a July 31 puzzle from another year.
Hints for Connections #416
The New York Times describes Connections as a 16-word puzzle in which players sort the words into four groups of four. The groups are color-coded: yellow is the easiest and purple the trickiest. These clue-only nudges follow the group clues published by Parade.
- Not very smooth: Think of words that could describe a rough-sounding voice.
- Related to certain extremities: Consider names for digits on a hand.
- What you might see listed at a brewery: Look for kinds of beer.
- They can all share the same first word: Add one common word before each of four different expressions.
Several words can plausibly fit more than one theme. That overlap is intentional: the New York Times Help Center says, “Each puzzle has exactly one solution and is meant to be tricky by having words that could fit into multiple categories.” If a grouping seems ambiguous, solving the more direct sets first can leave a clearer pattern among the remaining words.
Answers for July 31, 2024 — spoilers
The answer groups for Connections #416 are listed below. Parade and TechRadar independently reported these sets; TechRadar also listed the puzzle’s 16 board words.
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- RASPY: GRUFF, HOARSE, HUSKY, ROUGH
- FINGERS: LITTLE, MIDDLE, POINTER, RING
- ALE STYLES: AMBER, PORTER, SOUR, STOUT
- FRENCH ___: BULLDOG, FRY, HORN, KISS
Where to play this historical puzzle
The New York Times Help Center lists the Connections website and NYT Games app as places to play. A new daily puzzle releases at midnight in the player’s timezone. The Help Center says no account is required to play on those listed platforms; signing in is recommended to retain progress across devices.
The NYT Connections archive reaches back to June 12, 2023. As of September 27, 2026, the Help Center says archive access is available to Games and All Access subscribers, so the fact that this puzzle is in the archive does not mean it is freely available there.
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