Each day’s game of NYT Connections goes live at midnight local time. Before today’s NYT Connections hints, here’s what you missed on Tuesday:

It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: it’s time for another round of Connections !

Happy Canada Day! My mind was still recovering from being melted by the Angine de Poitrine show at the weekend (it still is, to be honest) so I could not really focus much on Canada’s first-ever knockout game at a men’s World Cup on Sunday. Probably not a bad thing given how dire the game was. However, we’re through to the next round! I’m sure that won’t go poorly against a top-10 team.

By the by, even though I am a proud Scot and passionate Scotland fan, I can say “we” when it comes to Canada since I am a Canadian citizen as well. I need to go buy a Jonathan David shirt.

Before we start, I want to highlight the rad community we have on Discord , where we chat about Connections , the rest of the NYT games and all kinds of other stuff. It’s a lovely group of folks. You’re more than welcome to join us.

Also, my weekend editions of this column are available over on my newsletter, Pastimes . If you enjoy the intros and recommendations in my Connections columns, I publish longer pieces along similar lines on Pastimes as well. I think you’d dig them.

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Today’s NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, July 1 are coming right up. Let’s get rolling!

NYT Connections – How To Play

Connections is a free New York Times daily word game that you can play on the NYT ’s website or Games app. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the Connections archive, which includes every previous game.

Connections presents you with a grid of 16 words (sometimes phrases, symbols or numbers). The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four. You don’t know how they hit together or what the category for each group is: that’s what you have to figure out.

There’s only one correct solution and there are often red herrings. You can guess incorrectly three times. A fourth wrong guess, and it’s game over.

Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to deduce, followed by blue, green and purple. Often, the yellow and green groups have synonyms, the blues have cultural references and the purples have some kind of wordplay involved. But this is not a hard and fast rule. Be ready for curveballs – part of the fun of Connections is in how the NYT shakes things up to keep you on your toes.

As with Wordle and similar games, it’s easy to share results with your friends using an emoji-based grid. The game tracks your progress too.

Many players take pride in having long win streaks or getting a reverse rainbow – correctly guessing the purple, blue, green and yellow groups in that order with no mistakes. That adds an extra little challenge.

Today’s NYT Connections Word List

Scroll slowly! I’ll first give you a list of today’s words, then a hint for each category. After that, I’ll reveal one word that goes into each group. Then I’ll tell you the category names, followed by the full answers.

  • CHICAGO
  • LONG ISLAND
  • NIGERIA
  • COLOGNE
  • INDIANAPOLIS
  • MUNICH
  • LIMERICK
  • SINGAPORE
  • CASABLANCA
  • CUBA
  • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  • CHAMPAGNE
  • GUINEA-BISSAU
  • CHINA
  • FARGO
  • MOSCOW

Today’s NYT Connections Hints

And the hints for today’s Connections groups are:

  • 🟨 Yellow group — like magenta and rugby
  • 🟩 Green group — Selma and Chinatown would fit in here
  • 🟦 Blue group — you may not have to travel far to sample these
  • 🟪 Purple group — they were in a proper state at first

NYT Connections – One Answer Per Group

Be warned: we’re starting to get into spoiler territory.

Let’s take a look at one answer for each group.

  • 🟨 Yellow group — COLOGNE
  • 🟩 Green group — CHICAGO
  • 🟦 Blue group — SINGAPORE
  • 🟪 Purple group — GUINEA-BISSAU

Today’s NYT Connections Categories

Today’s Connections groups are...

  • 🟨 Yellow group — things named after places
  • 🟩 Green group — Best Picture winners/nominees
  • 🟦 Blue group — places in cocktail names
  • 🟪 Purple group — starting with countries

Today’s NYT Connections Answers

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Today’s Connections answers are...

Well, this is a fun gimmick. I clocked the movies after getting to CASABLANCA and FARGO. The yellows were relatively straightforward too, thanks to CHAMPAGNE opening the door for that.

LONG ISLAND Iced Tea and MOSCOW Mule then sprang to mind to help me get the blues. I didn’t get the purple connection before submitting that group. That one feels a bit too out there to me. Not a fan of that group.

I otherwise enjoyed this one. A win here extends my overall streak to 486.

How did you get on this time? Here's my grid:

Want to know more about how everything fits together? Let’s explore today’s game in more depth in my NYT Connections Answers Explained column. You can check that out by visiting my author page .

That’s all there is to it for today’s Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for tomorrow’s game if you need them.

P.S. Let’s go with what’s arguably one of the most famous songs from Cuba, “Chan Chan.” Buena Vista Social Club’s version is perhaps the best-known one. Beautiful stuff:

Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Be kind to yourself and each other! Call someone you love!

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