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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has a real puzzler of a purple category. If you know your global geography and enjoy wordplay, this is your day. 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: Like a chonky cat.
Green group hint: Business.
Blue group hint: Washington state fruit.
Purple group hint: Nation names.
Answers for today’s Connections groups
Yellow group: Stocky
Green group: Company
Blue group: Apple products
Purple group: Starts of European countries
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What are today’s Connections answers?
The completed NYT Connections puzzle for June 21, 2025, #741.
The yellow words in today’s Connections
The theme is stocky. The four answers are solid, squat, stout and thick.
The green words in today’s Connections
The theme is company. The four answers are concern, firm, house and outfit.
The blue words in today’s Connections
The theme is apple products. The four answers are brandy, butter, cider and sauce.
The purple words in today’s Connections
The theme is starts of European countries. The four answers are germ, luxe, malt and port.
Germ = Germany
Luxe = Luxembourg
Malt = Malta
Port = Portugal
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.
