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Hints for Connections #727
Try these broad clues before looking at the category names or answers:
- Fitness essentials
- In at the beginning
- Tune
- Think of a season
Category clues
These labels make each connection more explicit without listing the words:
- Tips for working out safely
- Establish
- Ditty
- SPRING____
Answers for June 7, 2025
Spoilers: the four groups are below.
| Color | Connection | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow | Tips for working out safely | BREATHE, HYDRATE, REST, STRETCH |
| Green | Establish | FOUND, INSTITUTE, LAUNCH, START |
| Blue | Ditty | AIR, NUMBER, SONG, STRAIN |
| Purple | SPRING____ | CHICKEN, EQUINOX, FLING, ONION |
All 16 words in the grid
FOUND, NUMBER, STRAIN, ONION, STRETCH, AIR, FLING, LAUNCH, START, REST, CHICKEN, INSTITUTE, BREATHE, EQUINOX, HYDRATE, SONG.
How Connections works
The New York Times Help Center describes the game this way: “Players are given 16 words and must find groups of four items that share something in common.” The four color levels progress from yellow, the easiest, to purple, the trickiest. Words can seem to fit more than one category, so the challenge is to find the intended shared link across exactly four words.
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The New York Times Help Center says the Connections archive goes back to June 12, 2023, and is available to All Access and Games subscribers. Archived games count toward statistics but not streaks, and completed archived puzzles cannot be replayed. Subscription eligibility and archive access terms may change, so check the current NYT Games archive for the latest details.
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