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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is all over the place. If you want to solve the blue category, it helps if you know yoga. (I don’t.) Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.
The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.
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Hints for today’s Connections groups
Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.
Yellow group hint: Order of things.
Green group hint: Ah, I get it.
Blue group hint: Flexible positions.
Purple group hint: Eddy Grant sang about this avenue.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Sequence.
Green group: Pick up on.
Blue group: Yoga backbends.
Purple group: Electric ____.
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for July 28, 2025, #768.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is sequence. The four answers are run, series, streak and string.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is pick up on. The four answers are catch, note, see and spot.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is yoga backbends. The four answers are bridge, cobra, cow and wheel.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is electric ____. The four answers are blanket, eel, guitar and slide.
Toughest Connections puzzles
We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.
#5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.
#4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.
#3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.
#2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.
#1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.