NYT Connections July 19 2025 Answers
Puzzle #769
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
TACK TAP RAP SNAP LEO BRAD SPIKE DON NAIL WELL MIC PASS SPRING RAIN PUNT PIN
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER
Green — THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A FOOTBALL
Blue — SHARP FASTENERS
Purple — STARTS OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
SOURCES OF DRINKING WATERRAIN, SPRING, TAP, WELL
THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A FOOTBALLPASS, PUNT, SNAP, SPIKE
SHARP FASTENERSBRAD, NAIL, PIN, TACK
STARTS OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLESDON, LEO, MIC, RAP
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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.