NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Monday, June 23, 2025 (#743)

Puzzle #743. 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 Monday, June 23, 2025 (puzzle #743) is: 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.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Monday, June 23, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

HISTORICAL
OLD FASHIONED
SKINNY
BELL
SUN
FLARE
LITERARY
MOM
OLD MAN
COCKTAIL
FAREWELL
YOUNG ADULT
COLLINS
BOYFRIEND
SPECULATIVE
SHOT

How hard is Connections #743?

Medium47/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.
  • At least one entry is a phrase rather than a single word.

Where to start: Look for the four words that combine with "Glass" — locking that group down removes four red herrings from the rest of the grid.

Connections hints for Monday, June 23, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Monday, June 23, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Monday, June 23, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Monday, June 23, 2025 (puzzle #743) is: 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.

What is the purple group in Connections #743?

The purple (hardest) group is "___ GLASS GLASSWARE": COCKTAIL, COLLINS, OLD FASHIONED, SHOT.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "KINDS OF JEANS" — BOYFRIEND, FLARE, MOM, SKINNY. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Monday, June 23, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #743. 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.