NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Saturday, July 19, 2025 (#769)

Puzzle #769. 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 Saturday, July 19, 2025 (puzzle #769) is: YELLOW — SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER: RAIN, SPRING, TAP, WELL. GREEN — THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A FOOTBALL: PASS, PUNT, SNAP, SPIKE. BLUE — SHARP FASTENERS: BRAD, NAIL, PIN, TACK. PURPLE — STARTS OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: DON, LEO, MIC, RAP.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Saturday, July 19, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

TACK
TAP
RAP
SNAP
LEO
BRAD
SPIKE
DON
NAIL
WELL
MIC
PASS
SPRING
RAIN
PUNT
PIN

How hard is Connections #769?

Easy40/100
  • Lots of very short words, which carry more possible meanings.

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 Saturday, July 19, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Saturday, July 19, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Saturday, July 19, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Saturday, July 19, 2025 (puzzle #769) is: YELLOW — SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER: RAIN, SPRING, TAP, WELL. GREEN — THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A FOOTBALL: PASS, PUNT, SNAP, SPIKE. BLUE — SHARP FASTENERS: BRAD, NAIL, PIN, TACK. PURPLE — STARTS OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: DON, LEO, MIC, RAP.

What is the purple group in Connections #769?

The purple (hardest) group is "STARTS OF TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES": DON, LEO, MIC, RAP.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "SOURCES OF DRINKING WATER" — RAIN, SPRING, TAP, WELL. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Saturday, July 19, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #769. 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.