NYT Connections #738, for Wednesday, June 18, 2025, groups the 16 words around rainy-day conditions, the idea of being squarely on target, things found in a pod, and body-part words with an added starting letter. Hints appear first below; the complete groups follow a spoiler warning.
Hints for Connections #738
Try these graduated clues before looking at the word bank or answers. The color order runs from Yellow, the most accessible group, to Purple, the trickiest.
- Yellow: Got an umbrella?
- Green: Completely true.
- Blue: Found within or formed from a specific word.
- Purple: “Slip” could be another.
Word bank
SMACK, BARM, PEA, WET, RANKLE, ASTRONAUT, GRAY, WHALE, COLD, COFFEE, RIGHT, SHIP, EXACTLY, WINDY, LEAR, DEAD.
Answers for June 18, 2025, game #738
Spoiler warning: The complete Connections #738 solutions are below.
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Yellow — QUALITIES OF A RAINY DAY
COLD, GRAY, WET, WINDY.
Green — SQUARELY
DEAD, EXACTLY, RIGHT, SMACK. Each can describe being directly or precisely on target: dead on, exactly right, or smack in the middle.
Blue — CONTENTS OF A POD
ASTRONAUT, COFFEE, PEA, WHALE. Think of a space capsule, a coffee pod, a pea pod, and a pod of whales.
Rank #2
Purple — BODY PART PLUS A STARTING LETTER
BARM, LEAR, RANKLE, SHIP. Add a letter at the beginning of a body-part word: B + arm, L + ear, R + ankle, and S + hip.
How the groups fit together
The Yellow set is the most literal: cold, gray, wet, and windy can all describe rainy weather. Green hinges on the sense of “squarely” as directly or precisely, rather than on the physical shape. Blue uses several meanings of “pod,” while Purple builds each answer by placing one extra letter before a body-part word.
How NYT Connections works
Connections presents 16 words and asks players to sort them into four groups of four that share a theme. The groups are color-coded Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple, from easiest to trickiest. Some words can seem to belong to more than one category, so the challenge is identifying the intended shared connection. The New York Times Help Center says the game releases at midnight in the player’s local timezone and can be played through the Games app, the Connections website, nytimes.com/theathletic, and the News app. Its Connections help page also explains that the official archive is available to All Access and Games subscribers, while the Connections Bot is available to All Access, Home Delivery, and Games subscribers.
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The answer groups and clues are reported in TechRadar’s June 18, 2025 guide and corroborated by Connections Answer, WordHint, and Try Hard Guides. The rules and access details above come from the New York Times Help Center.
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