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NYT Connections July 16 2024 Answers

Puzzle #401

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

Today's 16-word board, in its starting order:

PAN PILOT SHORT RABBIT CROSS PARKER KINKY TRIAL PIPER FIDDLER TESTY EXPLORATORY MERRILY SURLY PRELIMINARY JERSEY

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — IN A BAD MOOD
Green — EXPERIMENTAL
Blue — STARTS OF BROADWAY MUSICALS
Purple — PETER ___
IN A BAD MOODCROSS, SHORT, SURLY, TESTY
EXPERIMENTALEXPLORATORY, PILOT, PRELIMINARY, TRIAL
STARTS OF BROADWAY MUSICALSFIDDLER, JERSEY, KINKY, MERRILY
PETER ___PAN, PARKER, PIPER, RABBIT
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Connections gives you 16 words that form four secret groups of four. Find each group — yellow is the easiest, then green, blue, and the famously tricky purple. You're allowed four mistakes. A new puzzle drops daily at midnight; play free at nytimes.com.