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Connectionsis an addictive puzzle from the geniuses at the New York Times. It requires players to find the connections between 16 words, and place them in four groups of four. We have the solution to Connections for July 11, 2025, along with clues to help you solve it yourself.
SPOILERS AHEAD (CLUES)
Today’s Connections (Puzzle #288) Category Clues
Today, as every day, you need to split the 16 words that make up Connections' puzzle grid into four groups of four based on specific categories. Which isn’t as easy as it sounds. Fortunately, we’re on hand to help you solve today’s Connections puzzle.
If you want to jump straight to today’s Connections solution, scroll past the next spoiler warning. However, if you’d rather see some category clues designed to help you solve it without giving the answers away first:
Yellow:“Zooming past you”
Green:“Quickly!”
Blue:“An individual playing for a basketball team”
Purple:“The word ‘phone’ is ominous by its absence”
SPOILERS AHEAD (SOLUTION)
Today’s Connections Solution for July 23, 2025
If those clues weren’t helpful enough, and you find yourself struggling to beat Connections without running out of mistakes, here are the solutions for all four categories:
Yellow:“How Fast Something Is Going” = CLIP, PACE, RATE, SPEED
Green:“Step on it!” = FASTER, GO, HURRY, MOVE
Blue:“NBA Team Player” = CLIPPER, PACER, ROCKET, SPUR
Purple:“Tele____” = COMMUTE, MEDICINE, PROMPTER, VISION
What Made Today’s Connections Difficult
Today’s Connections puzzle was especially difficult due to two main things:
Our Top Tips to Beat Connections Every Day
Now that you have completed today’s Connections puzzle (with a little help from your friends at MUO), you should check out some of the other free games from the New York Times.
Wordle is the best-known of them all, and challenges you to find a 5-letter word within six guesses. For every letter you find, you get told if it’s in the correct place, allowing you to whittle down the possible options. If you need help with Wordle, check out ourtips and tricks to improve your Wordle score.
There’s also Strands, the newest addition to the New York Times' burgeoning list of games. Just like Connections, it’s extremely challenging, but in a unique string-the-letters-together way. We recommend you check outour best tips for beating Strandsto give yourself a leg up on the daily challenge.
Or, if you’re really only into Connections but want more tips than are offered above, check out our longerlist of Connections tips and tricks.
