Subj : NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, June 23 (game #743) To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Sun Jun 22 2025 15:15:08 NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, June 23 (game #743) Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Description: Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles. FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, June 22 (game #742) . Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game #743) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times) Today's NYT Connections words are HISTORICAL OLD FASHIONED SKINNY BELL SUN FLARE LITERARY MOM OLD MAN COCKTAIL FAREWELL YOUNG ADULT COLLINS BOYFRIEND SPECULATIVE SHOT NYT Connections today (game #743) - hint #1 - group hints What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Denim styles GREEN: On the library shelves BLUE: The importance ofErnest PURPLE: Receptaclesfor a drink Need more clues? We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT Connections today (game #743) - hint #2 - group answers What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: KINDS OF JEANS GREEN: FICTION CATEGORIES BLUE: WORDS IN HEMINGWAY TITLES PURPLE: ___ GLASS GLASSWARE Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #743) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Connections, game #743, are YELLOW: KINDS OF JEANS BOYFRIEND, FLARE, MOM, SKINNY GREEN: FICTION CATEGORIES HISTORICAL, LITERARY, SPECULATIVE, YOUNG ADULT BLUE: WORDS IN HEMINGWAY TITLES BELL, FAREWELL, OLD MAN, SUN PURPLE: ___ GLASS GLASSWARE COCKTAIL, COLLINS, OLD FASHIONED, SHOT My rating: Hard My score: Fail The first thing I thought when I saw today's Connections was 'alcoholic drinks' not because I'm obsessed (I'm not a big drinker), but because OLD FASHIONED and COLLINS could both be types of COCKTAIL. But the presence of COCKTAIL itself suggested that was misdirection, so I looked elsewhere. HISTORICAL, LITERARY, SPECULATIVE and YOUNG ADULT all seemed like examples of FICTION CATEGORIES and indeed my hunch was correct, giving me green. Next, I thought FLARE, SKINNY and BELL might all be related to jeans, or types of trouser style but didn't know what the fourth would be, so kept looking. And I kept looking. And looking. With nothing else suggesting itself I returned to that potential group and tried a succession of words MOM, OLD FASHIONED and OLD MAN but got it wrong each time. Turns out BELL was wrong, and what I should have had was BOYFRIEND, FLARE, MOM and SKINNY but I've never heard the term BOYFRIEND JEANS and so lost my fledgling streak. With hindsight I probably should have given up on that angle sooner, but neither WORDS IN HEMINGWAY TITLES or ___ GLASS GLASSWARE were groups I would ever have got, so it wouldn't have made any difference. How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Sunday, June 22, game #742) YELLOW: NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT BULLETIN, FLASH, REPORT, WIRE GREEN: NOUNS FROM A FAMOUS LINE IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE HAPPINESS, LIBERTY, LIFE, PURSUIT BLUE: HBO SHOWS ENTOURAGE, EUPHORIA, INSECURE, SUCCESSION PURPLE: WHAT LEFT MIGHT MEAN DEPARTED, PORT, PROGRESSIVE, REMAINING What is NYT Connections? NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult. On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room. It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers. It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile. ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-23-june-2 025 --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .