NYT Connections June 8 2025 Answers
Puzzle #728
EDITED BY WYNA LIUToday's 16-word board, in its starting order:
LAST BULL BORN BRED DOE STAND SPOUSE BEAR EDUCATION CACHE DOVE HOLD LUTE STAY OCCUPATION HAWK
Category hints (no spoilers)
Yellow — PERSIST
Green — ANIMAL METAPHORS IN ECONOMICS
Blue — SIDEBAR INFO ON A PERSON’S WIKIPEDIA PAGE
Purple — HOMOPHONES OF SLANG FOR MONEY
PERSISTHOLD, LAST, STAND, STAY
ANIMAL METAPHORS IN ECONOMICSBEAR, BULL, DOVE, HAWK
SIDEBAR INFO ON A PERSON’S WIKIPEDIA PAGEBORN, EDUCATION, OCCUPATION, SPOUSE
HOMOPHONES OF SLANG FOR MONEYBRED, CACHE, DOE, LUTE
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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.