NYT Connections July 23 2025 Answers
Puzzle #773
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
TOMAHAWK PHANTOM GEODUCK BUGBEAR ESCROW SEAHORSE FLATIRON MORTGAGE PORTERHOUSE BOGEYMAN APPRAISAL WOMBAT HOBGOBLIN TITMOUSE CHATEAUBRIAND INSURANCE
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — DREAD-INDUCING FIGURES
Green — KINDS OF STEAKS
Blue — RELATED TO BUYING A HOME
Purple — ANIMALS ENDING WITH ANIMALS
DREAD-INDUCING FIGURESBOGEYMAN, BUGBEAR, HOBGOBLIN, PHANTOM
KINDS OF STEAKSCHATEAUBRIAND, FLATIRON, PORTERHOUSE, TOMAHAWK
RELATED TO BUYING A HOMEAPPRAISAL, ESCROW, INSURANCE, MORTGAGE
ANIMALS ENDING WITH ANIMALSGEODUCK, SEAHORSE, TITMOUSE, WOMBAT
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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.