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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a real challenge. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Supportive emotions.
Green group hint: Totally tubular would be another one.
Blue group hint: Gifts no one wants.
Purple group hint: Earl Grey, hot.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Positive feelings.
Green group: Retro expressions of approval.
Blue group: Bad things to give someone.
Purple group: What things pronounced “T” might refer to.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for July 3, 2026.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is positive feelings. The four answers are bliss, felicity, happiness and warm fuzzies.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is retro expressions of approval. The four answers are cool beans, far out, groovy and right on.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is bad things to give someone. The four answers are cold shoulder, dirty look, hard time and runaround.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is what things pronounced “T” might refer to. The four answers are golf accessory, gossip, hot drink and shirt.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.
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