NYT Connections July 31 2025 Answers
Puzzle #781
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
ROCK STRAW EYE NATURE NATIONS FIDDLE GUESS LAUGH COMING PARTY RESORT RESPONDER LADY SUPPER RAIL AID
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — FIRST ___
Green — SECOND ___
Blue — THIRD ___
Purple — LAST ___
FIRST ___AID, LADY, NATIONS, RESPONDER
SECOND ___COMING, FIDDLE, GUESS, NATURE
THIRD ___EYE, PARTY, RAIL, ROCK
LAST ___LAUGH, RESORT, STRAW, SUPPER
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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.