NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, July 23 (game #773)

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Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each
day for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, July 22 (game #772) .

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game #773) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are TOMAHAWK PHANTOM GEODUCK BUGBEAR ESCROW SEAHORSE FLATIRON MORTGAGE PORTERHOUSE BOGEYMAN APPRAISAL WOMBAT HOBGOBLIN TITMOUSE CHATEAUBRIAND INSURANCE NYT Connections today (game #773) - hint #1
- group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: Fictional
fear GREEN: Rare, Medium or well done? BLUE: Real estate PURPLE: Multiple creatures

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT
Connections today (game #773) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: DREAD-INDUCING FIGURES GREEN: KINDS OF STEAKS BLUE: RELATED TO BUYING A HOME PURPLE: ANIMALS ENDING WITH ANIMALS

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #773) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #773, are YELLOW: DREAD-INDUCING FIGURES BOGEYMAN, BUGBEAR, HOBGOBLIN, PHANTOM GREEN: KINDS OF STEAKS CHATEAUBRIAND, FLATIRON, PORTERHOUSE, TOMAHAWK BLUE: RELATED TO BUYING A HOME APPRAISAL, ESCROW, INSURANCE, MORTGAGE PURPLE: ANIMALS ENDING WITH ANIMALS GEODUCK, SEAHORSE, TITMOUSE, WOMBAT My rating: Hard My score: 2 mistakes

I made both of my mistakes today trying to collate DREAD-INDUCING FIGURES. I thought it had something to do with mythical creatures, so had GEODUCK and then TITMOUSE instead of BUGBEAR which in hindsight seems somewhat ridiculous.

Now, thanks to Google, I know that a geoduck is a kind of clam rather than a mythical beast, and part of the excellent ANIMALS ENDING WITH ANIMALS group . Congratulations to all who spotted that one.

KINDS OF STEAK was the first thing I thought of when I saw PORTERHOUSE at the start of the game, but I needed the options to reduce before I could get the others. CHATEAUBRIAND which is a thick cut of beef tenderloin is a new word for me. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Tuesday, July 22, game #772) YELLOW: SASSINESS ATTITUDE, CHEEK, LIP, MOUTH GREEN: MITIGATE CUSHION,
DAMPEN, SOFTEN, TEMPER BLUE: PATTERNS CAMO, CHECKERS, HONEYCOMB, STRIPES PURPLE: ___PIE CHESS, CUTIE, HUMBLE, WHOOPIE What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.



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