NYT Connections game #772 is the puzzle for Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Its four groups are SASSINESS, MITIGATE, PATTERNS, and ___PIE. Try the clues below before scrolling to the full solution.
Spoilers follow the hint sections.
Grid for Tuesday, July 22
The sixteen words in the grid are: CHESS, CHEEK, WHOOPIE, CUSHION, TEMPER, CHECKERS, HUMBLE, ATTITUDE, LIP, SOFTEN, HONEYCOMB, CUTIE, DAMPEN, CAMO, MOUTH, and STRIPES.
Hints for the four groups
These are the first-level clues published for the puzzle. See if you can sort the words before reading the category names.
- Talking back
- Calm things down
- Repeating shapes
- With pastry mainly
Spoiler: category answers
The category labels are SASSINESS, MITIGATE, PATTERNS, and ___PIE. The complete word groupings are below.
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Spoiler: complete Connections solution
- Yellow — SASSINESS: ATTITUDE, CHEEK, LIP, MOUTH.
- Green — MITIGATE: CUSHION, DAMPEN, SOFTEN, TEMPER.
- Blue — PATTERNS: CAMO, CHECKERS, HONEYCOMB, STRIPES.
- Purple — ___PIE: CHESS, CUTIE, HUMBLE, WHOOPIE.
The grid, clues, categories, and solution above are attributed to TechRadar’s July 22, 2025 Connections answer article; they were not independently checked against an official NYT archive. Connections asks players to sort words into groups that share a category. The puzzle changes at midnight in each time zone, so “today’s” puzzle date can differ depending on where you are.
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