Today’s Connections Hint and Answer July 4th for 389

You only have one day left before you can enjoy your weekend. In the meantime, you can always make the time pass faster by calculating the Connections response for today, July 4th.

If you’ve never played it, Connections challenges you to sort a group of 16 words into four groups where all the words are well… connected. This connection could come from the fact that they share a similar meaning, are part of a place name, objects found in a kitchen, or anything else really!

Although it may seem easy, the connection groups each have a different difficulty level – yellow being the easiest and purple being the most difficult. For this reason, practice Today’s Login Response This can be quite complicated. You may get one group right away, but another may be a mystery to you. Luckily, we are here to help!

Originally developed at the New York Times’ annual game jam, Connections was released in beta in June 2023. It has since become one of the most popular games featured by the NYTimes, second only to Worlde. Although some connections have been made to the BBC’s Only Connect program…

Hint for today’s Connections answer

Instead of jumping straight to the answer, let’s start with some clues for today’s Connections riddle:

• YELLOW – Ways to characterize romantic moments.
• Green – Type of files stored by your browser.
• Blue – In rotation.
• Purple – Words that go well with Bell.
• Sparks belongs to the yellow group, Data to the green and Revolution to the blue.

Remember: yellow is the easiest group to find, followed by green and blue, with purple being the hardest set of words to connect.

July 4th Connecting Words

Here are the words included in today’s Connections puzzle – see if the clues above help you make a connection before visiting today’s answer:

Fireworks	Freedom	Cookies	Dinner
History	Chemistry	Revolution	DIY
Data	Bar	Sparks	Knees
Ride a bike	Hidden	Turn	Attraction

Connections Response for July 4th

Without further ado, here is Connections’ response for today:

• Romantic report – Attraction, chemistry, fireworks, sparks.
• Items stored by a web browser – Cache, Cookies, Data, History.
• Single rotation – Cycle, turn, revolution, bend.
• Words before “Bell” – Bar, Dinner, Freedom, DIY.

In my initial search, I spotted Cycle and Lap, which I thought might work as a group. While there was a chance they were clickbait (as were Revolution and Liberty), I eventually found the blue group. As someone who has spent enough time of their life online, Cache and Cookies simply stand out from the rest. After discovering the green and yellow groups, I simply grouped the remaining words together to form the final one.

What to play after Connections?

The obvious answer to this question is Wordle, but if you’ve already solved that problem today, the New York Times has other games to offer. As for word-based games, the NYTimes offers Mini Crossword, Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed, and Strands, which is still in beta. If you feel like taking a break from words, you can also try Tiles — a pattern-matching game — or Sudoku.

Outside of the NYTimes, there is Semantle, where you have to find the secret word by guessing its meaning. Spelling doesn’t matter in Semantle, instead you have to pay attention to the numerical value of your guesses to plot your way to the answer. However, if you prefer to stick to the Connections format, it’s worth checking out Puzzgrid. There are hundreds of Connections-style puzzles there, but the twist is that you only have three minutes to solve them.

(You can also watch Only Connect on BBC iPlayer…)

If you’re in the mood to read, we explained why the NYTimes’ crossword puzzle is a reliable joy and interviewed Jonathan Knight, head of games for the NYTimes.

Good luck solving today’s connections!