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NYT Connections July 20 2024 Answers

Puzzle #405

EDITED BY WYNA LIU

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

NATURAL JUICE MAINSTREAM DAD SWEAT FLUID BURST CHARGE SODA BATTERY SMOOTH LABOR WORK POWER GRACEFUL EFFORT

Category hints (no spoilers)

Yellow — EFFORTLESS
Green — EXERTION
Blue — ENERGY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Purple — WHAT “POP” MIGHT MEAN
EFFORTLESSFLUID, GRACEFUL, NATURAL, SMOOTH
EXERTIONEFFORT, LABOR, SWEAT, WORK
ENERGY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEBATTERY, CHARGE, JUICE, POWER
WHAT “POP” MIGHT MEANBURST, DAD, MAINSTREAM, SODA
Checked against the official NYT Connections solution

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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.