Today’s Connections Hint and Answer July 9th for 394

If you’re struggling to keep up with your day after returning from the weekend, we can help with the Connections response for today, July 9th.

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 – Archiving of events.
• Green – Relating to hair.
• Blue – Think about TV shows.
• Purple – Words that go well with Hedge.
• Register belongs to the Yellow group, Mop to the Green and Friend 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 9th

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:

Rub	Labyrinth	Register	Shock
Pork	Save	Swab	Acclamation
Tangle	Grass	Save	Funds
Friend	Mane	Mower	Newspaper

Connections response for July 9th

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

• The Chronicle – Journal, logbook, record, register.
• Messy Hair – Mane, mop, shock, tangle.
• TV Series Minues “S” – Encourage, friend, scrub, weed.
• Words after “Hedge” – Funds, Pig, Maze, Mower.

Finding the groups in today’s puzzle wasn’t easy and unfortunately I wasted too much time guessing with the wrong words. The yellow group was the first one I found based on Journal and Log. I found those words and started looking for other words with the same meaning. Then I had to spend three attempts to find the green group, without having to try to find the other two.

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. If you prefer to stick to the Connections format, however, then it’s worth checking out Puzzgrid. There are hundreds of Connections-style puzzles there, but with only 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!