Today’s Connections Hint and Answer July 23 for 408

Whether you’re simply bored with the start of the week or enjoy the thrill of a word sort puzzle, you should take a few minutes to solve the problem. Connections response for today, July 23.

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 level of difficulty – 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 – They are pretending.
• Green – What we can hear.
• Blue – People who brag.
• Purple – Characters led by a famous rabbit.
• Fraud belongs to the yellow group, sound to green and peacock to 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 23

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:

Hot dog	Word	Bug	Tweet
Peep	Pork	Peacock	Charlatan
ham	Fake	Speed	Her
Fraud	Noise	Exhibition boat	Charlatan

Connections response for July 23

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

• Impostor – Charlatan, fraudster, charlatan, imposture.
• Enunciation – Noise, Peep, Sound, Speech.
• He who likes to show himself – Ham, Hot Dog, Peacock, Showboat.
• Looney Tunes Characters Without a Letter – Bug, Pig, Speed, Tweet.

Among today’s words, there are many that can waste a few tries by combining terms that seem to be part of a group. For example, I tried Noise, Peep, Sound, and Quack on my first attempt. After grouping the correct words this time, I also got the Yellow group. Since I fell into the initial trap, I was no longer very sure that the logic I was applying was correct, which caused me to waste a few tries, finishing the game with only two 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.

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 just 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!