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NYT Connections July 16 2025 Answers

Puzzle #766

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

QUAD CORNER TREE HAMMY LAMB LIBRARY DELT SURROUND OVERDONE TRAP THE BET CAMP DORM DRAMATIC CAFETERIA

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — PARTS OF A COLLEGE CAMPUS
Green — EXAGGERATED, AS A PERFORMANCE
Blue — CLOSE IN ON
Purple — STARTS OF GREEK LETTERS
PARTS OF A COLLEGE CAMPUSCAFETERIA, DORM, LIBRARY, QUAD
EXAGGERATED, AS A PERFORMANCECAMP, DRAMATIC, HAMMY, OVERDONE
CLOSE IN ONCORNER, SURROUND, TRAP, TREE
STARTS OF GREEK LETTERSBET, DELT, LAMB, THE
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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.