The New York Times daily word puzzle, Connections, featured its latest puzzle, #741, on June 21, 2025. Today’s solution showed different kinds of connections, like words for how something looks, names for companies, items made from a certain fruit, and short forms of European country names. This popular game continues to draw many players who enjoy carefully figuring out how words that seem unrelated actually fit together in clear groups.”
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is a popular daily word game from The New York Times. The objective of the game is to sort a grid of 16 seemingly unrelated words into four groups of four, based on hidden common associations.
Here’s a breakdown of how it works:
The grid: You are presented with 16 words in a 4×4 grid.
The goal: Your task is to identify four groups of four words that share a hidden connection or category.
Categories: These connections can be based on various things, such as synonyms, common phrases, linguistic patterns (e.g., words with only one vowel, words ending in a certain letter, Themes and Wordplay.
Difficulty: Each of the four categories is colour-coded by difficulty:
Yellow: Easiest
Green: Medium
Blue: Hard
Purple: Trickiest (often involves more abstract connections or wordplay)
How to play NYT connections:
Connections presents a grid of 16 words. Your objective is to identify four groups of four words that share a hidden connection.
- Select Words: Click or tap on four words you believe belong together.
- Submit Guess: Once you’ve chosen your four, hit the “Submit” button.
- Correct Match: If correct, the words will vanish, revealing their category and color. (Yellow is the easiest, followed by Green, Blue, and Purple as the most challenging.)
- Incorrect Match: A wrong guess counts as a mistake. You get up to four mistakes before the game ends.
- Win: Solve all four groups to win the puzzle!
Tips for Solving:
- Start Simple: Look for the most obvious connections first. These are often the Yellow or Green categories.
- Shuffle: Don’t hesitate to use the “Shuffle” button. A new arrangement can sometimes make connections clearer.
- Beware of Red Herrings: The game often includes words that could fit into multiple categories to try and trick you. Be sure your chosen four only fit one specific connection.
- Think Broadly: Sometimes connections are literal, other times they involve wordplay, synonyms, or things that precede or follow a common word.
NYT Connections Puzzle #741 Categories for June 21, 2025
For those tackling today’s NYT Connections puzzle, #741, here are the four categories to guide your grouping of the 16 words:
Yellow Category (Easiest): Words related to being STOCKY.
Green Category: Words that mean COMPANY or organization.
Blue Category: Things that are APPLE PRODUCTS (specifically, things made from apples, not necessarily tech).
Purple Category (Hardest): Words that are STARTS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
NYT Connections Puzzle #741 Answers for June 21, 2025:
Here are the complete groupings for today’s puzzle:
- Yellow Category: STOCKY
- SOLID, SQUAT, STOUT, THICK
- Green Category: COMPANY
- CONCERN, FIRM, HOUSE, OUTFIT
- Blue Category: APPLE PRODUCTS
- BRANDY, BUTTER, CIDER, SAUCE
- Purple Category: STARTS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
- GERM (Germany), LUXE (Luxembourg), MALT (Malta), PORT (Portugal)
