It’s the first day of July, which means you’ll have plenty of new puzzles to solve in the coming weeks. To help you get the month off to a good start, here’s the Connections response for today, July 1st.
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 can 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 puzzle:
- YELLOW – Show where to go.
- Green – Make plans.
- Blue – Words related to the US dollar.
- Purple – Locations in Canada.
- Guide belongs to the yellow group, Hustle to the green and Seal 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.
Connecting words for July 1
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:
| Pyramid | Prince | British | Seal |
| Poke | Washington | Nova | Bailiff |
| North West | Racket | Lead | Eagle |
| To swindle | Direct | Hustle | Guide |
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Connections response for July 1
Without further ado, here is Connections’ answer for today:
- Show the way – Direct, guide, lead, introduce.
- Plan – Con, Hustle, Racket, Sting.
- Seen on a US one dollar bill – Eagle, Pyramid, Seal, Washington.
- First words from Canadian provinces/territories – British, Northwest, Nova, Prince.
Even though we just started the month, today’s Connections puzzle was quite a challenge. Finding the Yellow group first was the only thing I could do, since I had no other ideas to begin with. After a few futile attempts, I found the Blue group, and the Green group right after. Unfortunately, I didn’t find the right answers from my first guesses. Otherwise, I would have enough tries to get all four groups.
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.
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Outside of the NYTimes, there’s Semantle – where you have to reach 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. If you prefer to stick with the Connections format, it’s worth checking out Puzzgrid. You’ll find hundreds of Connections-style puzzles here, but the catch 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!
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