NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Tuesday, July 25, 2023 (#44)

Puzzle #44. Start with a gentle nudge and work down — the full answers are at the bottom, hidden until you ask for them.

Just tell me the answer

The NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, July 25, 2023 (puzzle #44) is: YELLOW — STATES OF MATTER: GAS, LIQUID, PLASMA, SOLID. GREEN — EDIT MENU COMMANDS: COPY, CUT, PASTE, UNDO. BLUE — DEFEAT BADLY: CRUSH, ROUT, SHELLAC, TRASH. PURPLE — ANAGRAMS: LEAST, SLATE, STALE, TESLA.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

SOLID
PASTE
SLATE
TRASH
TESLA
CUT
PLASMA
CRUSH
GAS
SHELLAC
STALE
UNDO
COPY
LIQUID
ROUT
LEAST

How hard is Connections #44?

Medium42/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.

Where to start: Every category here is meaning-based, so group by topic first and use the four-per-group constraint to settle any word that could go two ways.

Connections hints for Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.

NYT Connections answers for Tuesday, July 25, 2023

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, July 25, 2023?

The NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, July 25, 2023 (puzzle #44) is: YELLOW — STATES OF MATTER: GAS, LIQUID, PLASMA, SOLID. GREEN — EDIT MENU COMMANDS: COPY, CUT, PASTE, UNDO. BLUE — DEFEAT BADLY: CRUSH, ROUT, SHELLAC, TRASH. PURPLE — ANAGRAMS: LEAST, SLATE, STALE, TESLA.

What is the purple group in Connections #44?

The purple (hardest) group is "ANAGRAMS": LEAST, SLATE, STALE, TESLA.

What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "STATES OF MATTER" — GAS, LIQUID, PLASMA, SOLID. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Tuesday, July 25, 2023 is NYT Connections puzzle #44. Connections launched on 12 June 2023 with puzzle #1, and a new puzzle is published every day.

What time does a new NYT Connections puzzle come out?

A new Connections puzzle unlocks at midnight in your own local time zone, so the changeover happens at a different moment around the world. The puzzle itself is the same for everyone on a given date.