Connectionsis a short daily game that offers a huge challenge for word puzzle fans. If you want to win, you get very few mistakes you can make to figure out the groupings, and you only get a small number of mistakes you can make before losing.

If you knowhow to playConnections, you know how difficult these can be without help. This article contains a bunch of different kinds of tips, clues, and even the full answer if you just want to be done with today’s puzzle.

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Words in the NYT Connections Puzzle #772 for July 13, 2025

TheConnectionspuzzle for today contains the words:Chess, Cheek, Whoopie, Cushion, Temper, Checkers, Humble, Attitude, Lip, Soften, Honeycomb, Cutie, Dampen, Camo, Mouth,andStripes.

Hints for the NYT Connections Puzzle

This section is loaded with spoilers and hints to help you solve thispuzzle gameon your own today. If you are looking for the full spoiler, you’ll need to scroll down a little bit further.

Some General Hints for the Whole Connections Puzzle

Here are some hints for thisfree browser-based game:

  1. None of these categories is about board games or games in general.

  2. Chess and Cutie go in the same group.

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Yellow NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the yellow/straightforward answer:The boldness, the audacity!

Yellow Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the yellow/straightforwardConnectionsisSassiness.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Attitude, Cheek, Lip, Mouth.

Green NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the green/medium difficulty answer:To allay, blunt, or dull. To ease.

Green Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the green/medium difficultyConnectionsisMitigate.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Cushion, Dampen, Soften, Temper.

Blue NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the blue/difficult answer:Other things you could put in this category: Dots, Flowers, Gingham.

Blue Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the blue/difficultConnectionsisPatterns.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Camo, Checkers, Honeycomb, and Stripes.

Purple NYT Connections Category Hints

Here are some hints for the purple/tricky answer in thisshort PC puzzle game:Each of these words can be followed up by the same three-letter food word to make four common things.

Purple Connections Category Answer and All Four Words

The answer to the purple/tricky difficulty inConnectionsis____ Pie.

The four words for this group in the puzzle are:Chess, Cutie, Humble, Whoopie.

Answers for Today’s NYT Connections #772 for June 23, 2025

Searching for the whole answer to thisrelaxing puzzle game? You can find the complete spoiler in the section below; open it up with the Read More button underneath it.

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