NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Tuesday, July 30, 2024 (#415)
Puzzle #415. 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 30, 2024 (puzzle #415) is: YELLOW — PEACHY KEEN: NEAT, NIFTY, SUPER, SWELL. GREEN — PROVIDE MORE DETAILS: ELABORATE, EXPAND, EXPLAIN, SPECIFY. BLUE — ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING WELL: FACILITY, FLAIR, GIFT, KNACK. PURPLE — GROUP OF BUILDINGS: BLOCK, COMPLEX, COMPOUND, DEVELOPMENT.
Today's 16 words
The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.
SUPER
COMPLEX
EXPAND
FACILITY
ELABORATE
SWELL
GIFT
BLOCK
COMPOUND
FLAIR
NEAT
EXPLAIN
KNACK
DEVELOPMENT
SPECIFY
NIFTY
How hard is Connections #415?
Easy30/100
• Four clean, meaning-based categories with little overlap.
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 30, 2024
Four levels, each giving away a little more. Open only as many as you need.
yellow(the most straightforward group — start here) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about keen.
green(a little trickier, but still direct) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about details.
blue(where the misdirection usually starts) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about well.
purple(the wordplay group, and almost always the last to fall) A group united by what they ARE, not by wordplay — think about buildings.
yellow4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
green4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
blue4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
purple4 things that belong to the same real-world set — the link is meaning, not spelling.
yellowOne member is
greenOne member is
blueOne member is
purpleOne member is
yellow
green
blue
purple
NYT Connections answers for Tuesday, July 30, 2024
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Common questions
What is the NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, July 30, 2024?
The NYT Connections answer for Tuesday, July 30, 2024 (puzzle #415) is: YELLOW — PEACHY KEEN: NEAT, NIFTY, SUPER, SWELL. GREEN — PROVIDE MORE DETAILS: ELABORATE, EXPAND, EXPLAIN, SPECIFY. BLUE — ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING WELL: FACILITY, FLAIR, GIFT, KNACK. PURPLE — GROUP OF BUILDINGS: BLOCK, COMPLEX, COMPOUND, DEVELOPMENT.
What is the purple group in Connections #415?
The purple (hardest) group is "GROUP OF BUILDINGS": BLOCK, COMPLEX, COMPOUND, DEVELOPMENT.
What is the easiest group in today's Connections puzzle?
The yellow group is the most straightforward: "PEACHY KEEN" — NEAT, NIFTY, SUPER, SWELL. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.
What number is today's Connections puzzle?
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 is NYT Connections puzzle #415. 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.