NYT Connections Hints & Answers — Thursday, July 24, 2025 (#774)

Puzzle #774. 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 Thursday, July 24, 2025 (puzzle #774) is: YELLOW — COLOSSAL: GIANT, GREAT, MAMMOTH, TITANIC. GREEN — LEAVE QUICKLY: BOUNCE, DIP, JET, SPLIT. BLUE — PARTS OF A BASKETBALL HOOP: BACKBOARD, NET, POLE, RIM. PURPLE — HOMOPHONES OF SYNONYMS FOR “NAB”: KNICK, LUTE, RABE, STEEL.

Today's 16 words

The grid exactly as NYT laid it out for Thursday, July 24, 2025. Nothing below this point is spoiled until you open it.

STEEL
POLE
GIANT
SPLIT
JET
LUTE
RIM
KNICK
NET
TITANIC
GREAT
BOUNCE
DIP
BACKBOARD
RABE
MAMMOTH

How hard is Connections #774?

Medium52/100
  • One category runs on wordplay rather than meaning.
  • 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 Thursday, July 24, 2025

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

NYT Connections answers for Thursday, July 24, 2025

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Common questions

What is the NYT Connections answer for Thursday, July 24, 2025?

The NYT Connections answer for Thursday, July 24, 2025 (puzzle #774) is: YELLOW — COLOSSAL: GIANT, GREAT, MAMMOTH, TITANIC. GREEN — LEAVE QUICKLY: BOUNCE, DIP, JET, SPLIT. BLUE — PARTS OF A BASKETBALL HOOP: BACKBOARD, NET, POLE, RIM. PURPLE — HOMOPHONES OF SYNONYMS FOR “NAB”: KNICK, LUTE, RABE, STEEL.

What is the purple group in Connections #774?

The purple (hardest) group is "HOMOPHONES OF SYNONYMS FOR “NAB”": KNICK, LUTE, RABE, STEEL.

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

The yellow group is the most straightforward: "COLOSSAL" — GIANT, GREAT, MAMMOTH, TITANIC. Solving it first removes four words from the grid.

What number is today's Connections puzzle?

Thursday, July 24, 2025 is NYT Connections puzzle #774. 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.