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Ooooooh, both the blue and purple categories in today's NYT Connections puzzle could be tough. Read on for clues and today's Connections answers.
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Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time
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: Seattle knows this well.
Green group hint: Bullseye!
Blue group hint: Certain kind of self-contained unit.
Purple group hint: Anatomy, plus an add-on to the word.
Answers for today's Connections groups
Yellow group: Qualities of a rainy day.
Green group: Squarely.
Blue group: Contents of a pod.
Purple group: Body part plus a starting letter.
Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words
What are today's Connections answers?
The completed June 18 Connections puzzle for June 18, 2025, #738.
NYT/Screenshot by CNETThe yellow words in today's Connections
The theme is qualities of a rainy day. The four answers are cold, gray, wet and windy.
The green words in today's Connections
The theme is squarely. The four answers are dead, exactly, right and smack.
The blue words in today's Connections
The theme is contents of a pod. The four answers are astronaut, coffee, pea and whale.
The purple words in today's Connections
The theme is body part plus a starting letter. The four answers are barm, lear, rankle and ship.
Barm=arm
Lear=ear
Rankle=ankle
Ship=hip
