NYT Connections June 6 2025 Answers
Puzzle #726
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
CONVENTION REPORTER SHADOWBOXER CRIMINAL STANDARD NEWSHOUND PHOTOGRAPHER ROUTINE EDITOR REGULAR TRENDSETTER DRAWBACK SWINDLE SNICKERDOODLE COLUMNIST COMMON
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — NEWSPAPER JOBS
Green — EVERYDAY
Blue — WHAT “CON” MIGHT MEAN
Purple — ENDING WITH KINDS OF DOGS
NEWSPAPER JOBSCOLUMNIST, EDITOR, PHOTOGRAPHER, REPORTER
EVERYDAYCOMMON, REGULAR, ROUTINE, STANDARD
WHAT “CON” MIGHT MEANCONVENTION, CRIMINAL, DRAWBACK, SWINDLE
ENDING WITH KINDS OF DOGSNEWSHOUND, SHADOWBOXER, SNICKERDOODLE, TRENDSETTER
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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.